I was disabled in a few different ways. I was malnourished and had a broken wing. The lack of flight itself wasn't bad, it just barred me from several roles in the Wasp Kingdom that I wouldn't have qualified for anyway, but the lack of a wingtip to cover my haltere with caused a lot more problems. Because the wind would more easily knock it around, it would behave differently than the other haltere and throw me off balance; one wing being broken meant that the whole gyroscopic system was thrown off. Later on, I would learn to manage this, such as by using a leaf grown from my body to cover the exposed haltere, covering them both with a thick poncho, or using a cane to brace myself through bouts of vertigo.
My undernourishment, combined with injuries sustained in the Wasp Kingdom, left me small-framed and unable to easily heal from injuries that other bugs could. Once I got the leaf of the Sapling, I didn't need to worry about being physically hurt, but I was still physically weak without my Crown and still much too short for a Fly of my species. Had I wanted to reproduce biologically, it would've dampened my chances.
Not really sure if this counts as a disability in the context of my source, but I was also quite unable to catch subtle pheromones from Hymenopterans like the Wasps I lived with. For the duration of my stay at the Wasp Kingdom, I was surrounded by an emotional language that I couldn't speak or understand. I suppose it could be very, very loosely described as 'bug autism'.
- Hoaxe (Bug Fables), #π₯π
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