The Physically Disabled Detective:

Amputation

Blindness or Visual Impairment

Deafness or Hearing Impairment

Diabetes

Dwarfism

Facial Disfigurement

Lameness or Crippled Limbs

Paraplegia or Other Paralysis

Speech Impediment

THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED DETECTIVE:

Amputation:

Nora Callum, a one-legged Chicago police officer (created by Thomas McCall);

Dan Fortune, one-armed private investigator (created by Michael Collins).

Blindness or Visual Impairment:

Owen Archer [one-eyed] (created by Candace M. Robb);

T. Moore "Mo" Bowdre (created by Jake Page);

Max Carrados (created by Ernest Bramah);

Ian Chapel [one-eyed] (created by Paul Bishop);

Thornley Colton (created by Clinton Stagg);

Sir John Fielding (created by Bruce Alexander);

Spike Halleck, a sound-effects specialist on films (created by David Lorne);

Perdita Halley (created by Sarah Smith);

Duncan MacLain (created by Baynard Kendrick as an antidote to what he saw as the excesses in the characterization of Max Carrados);

Maddy Phillips (created by R.D. Zimmerman).

John Rodrigue, a one-eyed salvager (created by Ken Grissom).

Deafness or Hearing Impairment:

Joe Binney, a hearing-impaired private investigator (created by Jack Livingston);

Melanie Charrol, a deaf teacher (created by Jeffery Deaver);

Dr. Hook, an expert on clocks (created by Eric Bruton);

Connor Westphal, a deaf newspaper publisher (created by Penny Warner).

Diabetes:

the protagonist of William Haggard's The Arena.

Dwarfism:

Robert "Mongo" Fredrickson (created by George Chesbro);

Gunther, an Austrian dwarf who assists Hollywood private investigator Toby Peters (created by Stuart M. Kaminsky).

Facial Disfigurement:

Joe Trona (created by T. Jefferson Parker).

Lameness--Crippled Limbs:

Dr. Baynes, leg (created by Vicars Bell);

Lobo Blacke (created by William DeAndrea);

Fred Carver (created by John Lutz);

Nelson Chiddenham, leg (created by Bertram Atkey);

Sid Halley, hand (created by Dick Francis);

Dr. Hook, leg (created by Eric Bruton);

Jeff Jackson, disabled former policeman (created by Philip R. Craig);

Jantarro, a one-armed private investigator (created by Simon Ritchie);

Hercule Piorot, leg (created by Agatha Christie).

Paraplegia or Other Paralysis:

Elise Andrioli (created by Bridgette Aubert);

Stick Foster (created by Kevin Robinson);

J.D. Hawkins (created by W.R. Philbrick);

Maddy Phillips (created by R.D. Zimmerman).

Bishop Regan (created by William F. Love);

Lincoln Rhyme (created by Jeffery Deaver);

Thorn (created by James W. Hall);

[television--Ironiside].

Speech Impediment:

Stewart Park (created by Penelope Evans).