
Ruby Run by Sam Burns
Goodreads | AmazonGenre: LGBT, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Character w/ Disability: Protagonist
Disability: Anosmia
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
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Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: Assisted by Magic/Supernatural Ability, No
Notes: Character uses magic to help with certain things, like shooting, but is still unable to see.
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: Yes
Notes: Character has tachycardia. It's cured during book with a pacemaker and causes no further problems (in this book at least, don't know about others).
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: Assisted by Magic/Supernatural Ability, No
Notes: Main character is autistic. Love interest is diabetic and uses future technology to regulate insulin, so that's only briefly mentioned. Supporting character has a disability that causes partial paralysis/drooping on one side of her face and body and uses a future technology to help but still has pain, especially in the cold.
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Notes: Autism Spectrum, Fictional Mental Disability (Lost), Missing Eye
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Notes: One of the mainc characters has a bad limp and the other main character has a fainting illness. Both are mentioned multiple times throughout the series and are a big part of the characters.
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No, Yes
Notes: Protagonist: Scars, Scleroderma that turns out to be paranormal in nature (skin turning to stone) but is not cured, limp. Supporting character 1: Aspergers. Supporting character 2: Selective mutism.
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No
Is It Cured or Paranormal?: No