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Two Thousand and Late - Harper was disabled by COVID-19

I Am In Eskew - Depression

Sojourners' Trails - Mobility aids & prosthetic

The Way We Haunt Now - Lota is a ghost and wheelchair user

Someone Dies In This Elevator - Hot Weels episode. Shannon uses a manual wheelchair and Waverly uses a powered wheelchair.

Surcease - Mental health treatment/facility is central to the story. Wheelchair user

Ethics Town - Noah Morley is dyslexic

Earth Eclipsed - One of characters becomes blind

Petrified

Forgive Me! - Margaret has kleptomania

Secret of St. Kilda - Character with chronic pain

Camp Here And There - Sydney is autistic and chronically ill, with chronic pain, respiratory/use of an inhaler, experiences psychotic episodes.

We’re Alive - Several disabled characters

Soul Operator - Many disabled characters, including the MC

Within the Wires - (S3) Post-natal depression. (S8) The narrator is physically disabled with limited mobility and chronic pain.

October’s Children - Physically disabled lead

Things Unsaid - A deaf main character and a deaf supporting character.

What Will Be Here? - Kei is disabled

Among the Stacks - Tale 6 has a character with adhd-d

Before I Forget (Again) - Many of the characters are neurodiverse in some way- Cielle and Danny are ADHD, Larry is autistic, and Bea is AuDHD. Without spoiling anything major, one main character will have a chronic illness by the end of season 1.

The Sterling Girl - Etta is autistic (semi-verbal). Sable is autistic and ADHD, and also has a lazy eye which she wears a monocle for. Penny is autistic. Oscar is autistic and ADHD. The narrator is autistic.

Our Fair City - Clear Skies Tim is injured and becomes physically disabled (loss of mobility). Loamy loses an arm and later starts using a supernatural prosthetic.

Human Error - Multiple HoH/Deaf characters. Billie has anxiety. Most of not all of the characters have PTSD

Hi Nay - Mari Datuin has chronic pain

Monstrous Agonies - Some episodes feature disability narratives. Features DID (Note: some systems reject the pathologization of plurality but may still consider it a disability under the social model, outside of DID. Some systems don’t consider it a disability at all, similar to Deafness)

Arden - Pamela Pink has depression, Rosalind Ursula has type 1 bipolar disorder. Dana Hamill (S2) has bipolar.

The Penumbra Podcast - (Juno Steel) Juno Steel loses an eye and learning to navigate this is a long-term story element. Buddy Aurinko has narcissistic personality disorder and is physically disabled from radiation sickness. Vespa Ilkay needs daily medication to prevent severe psychotic episodes with hallucinations. (Second Citadel) Sir Marc is a disabled knight; ableism and institutional barriers are important themes to the setting.

Levian - Tanathea Tellari has a history of psychiatric illness (described with in-world terms)

SCP Research Archives - Betram has an anomalous disability, gets migraines, and they suffer from insomnia.

Midst - Moc Weepe has a (supernatural/in-world) medical condition that requires regular treatment.

MERCY came about at a time when I was diagnosed as ADHD (w/ suspected dyscalculia and CPTSD). More recently in June, I was additionally diagnosed with autism, which has been extremely validating and debilitating. During this intensely destabilizing period, being able to write about these experiences through these characters has proven to be an valuable source of comfort and connection that comes rarely - and one I don't take for granted.

Of course, our characters aren't great. They are problematic, ableist, and hold a lot of internalized ableism that severely impacts their relationships and self-worth. But as they find compassion and accommodations for each other, they too might develop compassion and accommodations for themselves. As it is in real life, where we must first dismantle our preconceptions & prejudices to rebuild anew.

Though disabilities are as diverse as the folk who have them, I think there is an overall shared experience of existing in a society that is both visibly and intangibly inhospitable to us. Always cast as the other, the unwelcome, the invisible, the afterthought, the broken and the wrong. Something to be amended rather than considered.

Our shows are by and for and about the other. It's why we chose the name we did, and why we will continue to tell the stories we do. I know I can speak for the team when I say that our hope is for people to find comfort, catharsis, and community in MERCY - as much as we did, and continue to, in the process of making the show.

1. SINKHOLE - MC has a physical condition; societal ableism and institutional barriers are central to the narrative.

2. Eeler’s Choice - Merry, Nama and Prin are all disabled (vision impaired, amputee, and neurodivergent respectively); canes as mobility aids

3. Station Blue - Panic attack, bipolar disorder, psychosis. Central to the narrative.

4. Dustwalker - Arius is autistic and uses a cane for his chronic pain. Mental disorders unrevealed as of July 2026. 

5. Seen and not Heard - Bet is HoH and has OCD. Central to the narrative.

6. Hello from the Hallowoods - Danielle uses a wheelchair and other means to help her stand and walk. There are characters with dementia and brain fog. Various supernatural disabilities. 

7. Hellside - Jeremiah has schizotypal personality disorder and schizophrenia. Another character in S1 has schizoaffective disorder (confirmed by creator but not yet revealed in work as of July 2026) 

8. Small Victories - Addiction is central to the narrative. Bipolar Disorder, Psychosis

9. Ghost Wax - Charlotte has ADHD and Pip gets permanently blinded

10. The Kingmaker Histories - Colette is autistic and suffers from migraines. Eisen Iyer uses a brace after a leg injury. 

11. Where The Stars Fell - Dyslexia and ADHD. One episode is entirely in sign language 

12. Valence -  Liam Alden has depression and PTSD. 

13. Mayfair Watchers Society - Morgan in Water Damage is physically disabled and uses crutches as mobility aids. Wren in Lost Media has severe memory issues. 

14. Inn Between - Protagonists with anxiety, autism, adhd, narcissism. Phoebe has a physical disability and uses crutches as mobility aids

15. Killjam X X X - Faustina Fetamine is autistic, has narcissistic personality disorder, and PTSD. Bellamy Pink has ASPD and a prosthetic arm. Various other characters use prosthetics and mobility aids. 

16. Our Wars Have Ended - A few characters with physical disabilities. 

17. Camlann - Dai Thomas has Bipolar Disorder

18. Knightfall - Ben is an ambulatory wheelchair/crutch user with chronic pain. Juno has anxiety

19. Slowly Unspooling - Mental health, memory loss, paranoia, disordered eating, depersonalization, chronic pain

20. Afflicted: A Horror Thriller Audio Drama - Wheelchair user. Kelly has auditory hallucinations (some of which are supernatural in origin) 

21. Mystic Prairie - The main characters have disabilities caused by a supernatural event, which roughly map to anemia and chronic fatigue, tinnitus and HoH, a sensory disability affecting taste/causing ARFID. Living with disabilities long term is central to the narrative.

22. Wallpaper - Felicity has rapid cycling bipolar 2 with psychotic features, autism, and hypermobility. John has ADHD. Living with disability is central to the narrative.

23. Monsters of Bureaucracy - MC has chronic pain. Living with disability, institutional barriers, and ableism are central to the narrative. 

24. Red Valley - Warren and Gordon both have PTSD. Bryony is missing an arm. Clive Schill has damaged kneecaps and walks with a cane

25. SPACE SPECKS - Nora is an amputee with a cane as a mobility aid

26. WOE.BEGONE - Mike Walters has face blindness, misophonia. Various injuries and trauma end up giving him chronic pain, physical disabilities, and night terrors/insomnia. Some characters lose one of their legs and use prosthetics. Alcoholism and substance abuse are recurring elements in the show, as are depersonalization, self harm, and (passive) suicidality. 

27. Your Bloodline Dies Here - Harvey Neroson is autistic and uses stim toys. Willow communicates with sign language (BSL), Harvey and Lo both know BSL.

28. The Godshead Incidental - Tervis has anxiety/agoraphobia 

29. The Heresies of Radulf Burntwine - Several characters with chronic illnesses and genetic disorders. Illnesses and disabilities are central to the narrative. 

30. Power Trip - MC is chronically ill, and a transplant patient; she uses a cane as a mobility aid. Cluster B. Central to the narrative. CW vomiting, diet culture (pushed on a child), alcohol abuse