History Main / AbledInTheAdaptation

* In ''Anime/AceAttorney'' Edgeworth's PTSD is greatly reduced, with his debilitating phobia of earthquakes being entirely absent. This is particularly strange when you consider that this particular fear was an extremely important part of Edgeworth's character in the games, and the effects of his phobia (ranging from passing out to crying curled up on the floor) were a very important plot point for at least three cases.

* ''Theatre/{{Newsies}}'': In the [[Film/{{Newsies}} original movie]], Crutchie walks with a limp and is also implied to have some type of [[AmbiguousDisorder mental handicap]]. In the stage version he's still crippled but doesn't appear to have any mental disability whatsoever.

* Shinji Ikari in ''Literature/EvangelionANIMA'' was able to get three years to work on his [[AmbiguousDisorder issues]] after [[AlternateContinuity defeating the angles]]. By the time he is reintroduced, Shinji is far more well-adjusted to life as an Evangelion pilot.

* Shinji Ikari in ''LightNovel/EvangelionANIMA'' was able to get three years to work on his [[AmbiguousDisorder issues]] after [[AlternateContinuity defeating the angles]]. By the time he is reintroduced, Shinji is far more well-adjusted to life as an Evangelion pilot.

* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'': Hangan is apparently blind in the original game, but this is made even more of an InformedDeformity in the MOBA game adaptation where he still ''says'' his eyes can't see, but a stock animation sequence has him ''looking around'' in search of an object.

* According to [[Literature/TheBible religious texts]] Moses was "slow of tongue", indicating a SpeechImpediment or speech disorder.[[note]]The story goes that when Moses was still a toddler, at one point he took Pharaoh's crown and placed it on his own head; Pharaoh felt this was a sign Moses wanted his throne and ordered a test, placing a piece of gold and a hot coal before him, with the orders that if he took the gold, it was again a sign he wanted the throne and thus was a threat that needed to be eliminated. The angel Gabriel pushed his hand toward the coal (since he was still a baby, he was naturally attracted to shiny things, which was why he'd originally reached for the crown and later the gold before the angel intervened), which he promptly stuck in his mouth, burning his lips and tongue and leaving him with his speech problems.[[/note]] In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' this is absent.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'', Frida Kahlo in the Land of the Dead is able-bodied unlike the real Frida, who had a lame leg from contracting polio as a child which was amputated near the end of her life, as well as chronic pain from a horrific accident in her teens. In-universe, [[HealthyInHeaven this appears to be the case with many of the other denizens of the Land of the Dead]], as the deceased Ernesto shows no physical signs of having been crushed by a giant bell, and [[spoiler:Coco no longer uses a wheelchair and seems perfectly lucid once she passes away.]]

* Latifa from ''LightNovel/AmagiBrilliantPark'' was originally blind in the light novels. This was downplayed to being physically ill with no mention of blindness in the anime adaptation.

** Like in ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'', Flash still has his legs intact when he bonds with the Venom symbiote.

** ''[[Film/Shazam2019 SHAZAM!]]'' sees its version of Dr. Sivana also not wearing glasses, though he did need them [[spoiler:before getting the Eye of Sin lodged in his right eye and needs them again after it's removed.]].

* The first ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime downplayed a few from the [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist source material]]. The first anime ended before the manga, however, which means the writers didn't know of the manga ending at the time:

* ''Film/BangkokDangerous'': The Thai original revolves around it's protagonist, a deaf-mute assassin. In the remake starring Nicolas Cage, the protagonist isn't handicapped in any way at all.

* ''Fanfic/ANewHopeDanganronpa'': Due to Fuyuhiko not being a member of [[AdaptationalHeroism Ultimate Despair]] as well as [[spoiler:Peko having a [[DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation different execution]]]], he keeps both of his eyes.

* ''FanFic/TheButterflyEffectElfenLied'': Downplayed. In the original manga/anime, Nana's arms and legs were all severed by Lucy, forcing her to use ArtificialLimbs. Here, after the limb severing, Kaede and Nyu come across Nana and try to heal her, but only manage to reattach one arm and one leg before Kakuzawa's men show up and force them to flee.

* [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] example in ''FanFic/TheWesterosi'': Jade catches Bran before he hits the ground, leaving him with a badly broken leg instead of complete paralysis.

** In the comics Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} spent a large part of his run being partially deaf, wearing a hearing aid, and is able to use American Sign Language. In the film incarnation none of this is included. However, this element was [[TruerToTheText brought into the MCU]] in ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'', where he began using a hearing aid after years of being caught in or near loud explosions, and is shown to have learned some sign language.

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':

* ''Theatre/{{Fun Home}}'': The musical does not mention Alison's OCD despite the fact that in the [[ComicBook/{{FunHome}} graphic novel]] her OCD is very disruptive to her life, especially when she was a teenager.

* In the comics, Starfire's sister Blackfire can't fly due to a childhood illness. She can't absorb ultraviolet radiation like others of her species. In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' Blackfire shows no signs of disability. She is adept at flying and can fly faster than the speed of light.

* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'':

** In the books, Tyrion actually lost his nose in the assassination attempt on him during the Battle of Blackwater. In the show, it's only a typical facial scar.

* ''Anime/InazumaEleven'': In the game version, Demonio loses his eyesight completely after his body rejects the RH program. In the anime, his vision only blurs out.

* ''Series/Legion2017'': Creator/HarryLloyd's version of Charles Xavier (who's a paraplegic in the comics) lacks any disability and is always seen walking.

* Ragna in ''Fanfic/BlazBlueAlternativeRemnant'' is shown to still have both his natural arms where as canonically his right arm was sliced off by his brother.

* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': Gabriel Reyes in the comics was born with an unspecified neurological disorder (the result of his mother having been pushed down the stairs while pregnant), which left him unable to walk and mentally and developmentally slow. In the show, he's a normal 14 year old who's left paraplegic after the attack that gave his brother, [[ComicBook/AllNewGhostRider Robbie Reyes]], his superhero origin story. In fact, it's indicated he's a very intelligent young man who quickly pieces together who Daisy is after spending a few hours with her during a blackout, which the comics version would most likely not be able to do.
** ''Series/IronFist2017'': Harold Meachum in the comics had his legs amputated. Harold Meachum in the show still has his legs.
** ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'': Isaiah Bradley in the comics is reduced to a mute, childlike state due to the side effects of the super soldier serum. In the show, Bradley's mind remains fully intact and shows no other ill effects of the serum.

** Hank invents a serum that Charles can take that allows him to regain his ability to walk at the cost of his powers. Nothing like this exists in the comics, although Xavier has come up with numerous other off-the-wall ways to regain his mobility (none of them ever stick, though).