Quotes / Forgot the Disability

Comic Books

Peter: Murdock! Stay right there! It's guys like you who keep things safe for slime. How can you face yourself in the mirror each morning?
Matt: It's a challenge.
Aunt May: Peter Parker! Shame on you!
Peter: [grinning sheepishly] Oh. The blind thing. Uh... sorry.

— Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #107, "Original Sin"

Fan Works

All Might: That is the power that is growing inside your body now. You are now the next chosen bearer of One for All. The powers that which I had are now yours also. Take it in young one! This is who are you now! Feel the illumination of the great ball of fire down upon you and the view of the crystal water beach that which you yourself have created! Do you not see the beauty of which it possesses? Izuku! TELL ME, DO YOU SEE IT!
Izuku: I can't, I'm blind remember?
All Might: Oh... right.

— The Devil of UA

"Sometimes we forget that you are paralyzed."

— Ochako, Waiting is worth it, "Chapter 14"

Films — Live-Action

Ben: [yelling from a car] Hey, Jenny!
Stoney: Hey, it's not gonna do you any good to yell, you are know.
Ben: Oh yeah, that's right.

— Psych-Out

Live-Action TV

Jessica Jones: I think it's up here.
Matt Murdock: You think?
Jessica: I don't know. All these brownstones look the same, don't they?
Matt: Ah...
Jessica: Shit, sorry. I keep forgetting you're...
Matt: Don't worry about it. Happens.

— The Defenders (2017), "Ashes, Ashes"

Western Animation

Toph: [pointing] There it is!
[everyone looks... to see nothing]
Toph: That's what it will sound like when one of you spots it.

— Avatar: The Last Airbender, "The Library"

Katara: You got something against libraries?
Toph: I've held books before, and I gotta tell you, they don't exactly do it for me.
Katara: Oh, right. Sorry...

— Avatar: The Last Airbender, "The Library"

Sokka: [after Toph bumps into him] Can't you watch where you're—
Toph: No!
Sokka: [embarrassed] Right... sorry.

— Avatar: The Last Airbender, "The Desert"

Aang: I can't believe we forgot Toph can't write.
Sokka: Yep, we're idiots.
Aang: I guess plan B is we send a note to Toph pretending it's Katara.
Sokka: I think we're gonna run into a similar problem.

— Avatar: The Last Airbender, "The Runaway"

Bonnie Swanson: Somebody save him! He can't swim!
Peter Griffin: Oh he's not even kicking. Kick, Joe, kick!
Lois Griffin: Peter! He's a paraplegic!
Peter Griffin: That doesn't mean he can't hear! Kick, Joe, kick!

— Family Guy, "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire"

Wilykat: Anyone entering [the Jungles of Darkness] might as well be blind.
Lynx-O: Of course, that wouldn't make much difference to me, but the rest of you...

— ThunderCats (1985), "ThunderCubs, Part II"

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