Disabilities in HP?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 60156

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "shanna" 
<slstich at h...> wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> I'm coming out of lurkdom for a moment with a random 
question I just thought of.  I'm curious what would happen if for 
some reason a disabled person were to attend Hogwarts or 
another similar magical institution.  I realize this is completely 
hypothetical and not likely to ever be included in canon, but as 
someone with a visual disability, I have to wonder.<<

It is in canon! Mad Eye Moody is has a magical prosthetic eye 
and a wooden limb. He (or rather, Crouch in his shape) 
managed just fine at Hogwarts, so I suppose a student could get 
along too. We also have Remus Lupin, whose werewolf curse is 
a disability. Then there's Wormtail with his artificial hand, and 
Harry with his occasionally disabling curse scar. I also got the 
impression that Ernie Prang, the driver of the Knight Bus, is 
nearly blind.

Pippin