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'''Peter:''' That doesn't mean he can't hear. Kick, Joe, kick!

Many disabled people have lived with their handicaps for a very long time, and thus would usually develop a means of coping in a way where they appear "normal." Sometimes this applies naturally, like a blind man using all of his other senses to the point where he forgets that he is blind. In most cases (and because it's cool), the trope usually applies to someone who [[DisabilitySuperpower uses superpowers to compensate]], like getting around with levitation despite being paralyzed.

->'''Sokka''': ''[after Toph, who's blind, bumps into him]'' Can't you watch where you're--\\

'''Sokka''': ''[embarrassed]'' Right...sorry.

* Tom Stewart of ''Film/{{Tormented}}'' is talking with Mrs. Ellis, a blind resident of the island, about a strange supernatural event that occured in the past, and he absently asks her if she saw anything herself; she quips back, "It's been many years since I've seen anything." Tom replies that he ''[[EpicFail keeps forgetting]]'' her blindness.

* Tom Stewart of ''Film/{{Tormented}}'' is talking with Mrs. Ellis, a blind resident of the island, about a strange supernatural event that occured in the past, and he absently asks her if she saw anything herself; she quips back, "It's been many years since I've seen anything." Tom replies that he ''[[EpicFail keeps forgetting]]'' her blindless.

->'''Sokka''': ''[after Toph bumps into him]'' Can't you watch where you're--\\

What is with you people? '''I'm blind!''''']]

-->--''Avatar: The Last Airbender''

->'''Sokka''': ''[after Toph bumps into him]'' Can't you watch where you--\\

->'''Sokka''': ''[bumps into Toph, who is blind]'' Can't you watch where you--\\

'''Toph''': '''No!'''\\

-->'''[[spoiler:Cinder]]''': Okay, let's talk.//
'''Neo''': *points to mouth*//

Because of this, {{running gag}}s and [[{{Beat}} moments of awkward silence]] are born from the times when the characters around them are suddenly reminded that one is differently abled.

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--> '''Ochako:''' Sometimes we forget that you are paralyzed.

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-->'''Peter:''' Kick, Joe, kick!
-->'''Lois:''' Peter, he's a paraplegic!
-->'''Peter:''' That doesn't mean he can't hear. Kick, Joe, kick!

Compare with YouKnowImBlackRight; contrast with IgnoreTheDisability.

Contrast with IgnoreTheDisability.

Many disabled individuals have lived with their handicaps for a very long time, and thus would usually develop a means of coping in a way where they appear "normal." Sometimes this applies naturally, like a blind man using all of his other senses to the point where they forget that he is blind. In most cases (and because its cool), the trope usually applies to someone who [[DisabilitySuperpower uses superpowers to compensate]], like getting around with levitation in-spite being paralyzed.

Because of this, [[RunningGag running gags]] and [[{{Beat}} moments of awkward silence]] are born from the times when the characters around them are suddenly reminded that one is differently-abled.

* This has happened to the character who is disabled in ''Series/BetterCallSaul.'' Chuck [=McGill=], the older brother of main character Jimmy, is convinced that he has developed a painful sensitivity to all electronics and anything that uses or conducts electricity, which has turned him from one of the most prestigious and influential lawyers in the state to a [[TheHermit rather pitiful shut-in]]. Although Chuck's symptoms are [[https://patient.info/health/psychosomatic-disorders# psychosomatic]], at times he has gone into a catatonic state reminiscent of [[AndIMustScream locked in]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked-in_syndrome syndrome]]. On a few occasions however, Chuck has been so distracted by other things that he has failed to react those same external stimuli and situations that otherwise cause him so much grief.

* ''GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'': Wu Zi Mu is first met during a car race, with TheReveal that he's blind coming as a surprise to CJ. There are a few scenes where the joke is that he's blind (running into a wall or shooting randomly) and a few where other people forget about it, such as the heist planning scenes.
--> '''Woozie:''' Carl? Are you pointing?