Supernatural Disability Event

Running July 2026! it/its, main @drowninginredink, spn sideblog @schizosamwincester

[disabilitynatural]

DisabilityNatural 2026 Fanworks!

This post will be updated as more works are posted. Sorted alphabetically by main character first name. Everything is a fanfic unless otherwise specified.

Bela Talbot

The many human obstacles that destiny devised by @schizosamwincester - unspecified disability, power chair user

Dean Winchester

Last Christmas by @queer-as-in - HIV (warning: explicit Sam/Dean sex)

John Winchester

Keep Trekking by @schizosamwincester - amputee John, ADHD and hard of hearing Dean

Sam Winchester

pushing forward a little at a time by @callistosam - wheelchair user, during The Trials

it erects the walls it has passed behind it and spins by @callistosam -wheelchair user, during The Trials

it presses its back against the thing it left behind by @callistosam - wheelchair user, tremors/spasms, Castiel!

it goes forward by @callistosam - wheelchair user, tremors/spasms, also Jack!

Make it easy (that's a relief) by @schizosamwincester - Spina Bifida, self-catheterization

Temporary by @queer-as-in - ostomy (unspecified if colostomy/illeostomy). Warning: post-rape disability, non-consensual sexual content also within the fic

And I'll always catch you when you fall by @nymphalidaze - amputee (wincest)

[callistosam]

it goes forward

G | no archive warnings apply | sam & jack

additional tags: 13x01, disabled sam winchester, wheelchair user sam winchester, chronic illness, canon-typical ableism, sam winchester lacks bodily autonomy, protective sam winchester, parental sam winchester (or at least that's where it's headed)

word count:

summary:

He notices his hands have started twitching just as the sheriff turns the key on the cell, Lucifer’s son across from him, and Sam figures he’s probably lucky it took this long for his body to start complaining.

…

sam has a flare in a cell with lucifer's son. it's not as bad as he might've expected.

part four of shallow outer space written for disabilitynatural 2026 (@disabilitynatural)

[disabilitynatural]

So! For those of you who like prompts and a more immediate challenge, I've got one for you:

"If you can't fix it, you gotta stand it"

- Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain

This weekend (ish. If I do it I'll probably post like Monday), I challenge whoever wants to write a Supernatural fic about disability, with that quote as your prompt. Have fun!

[nymphalidaze]

Title: And I'll Always Catch You When You Fall

Fandom: Supernatural

Pairing: Sam/Dean

Rating: Mature

Warnings: None

Word Count: 4182

Summary: Sam loses his arm to a werewolf and struggles to adapt to life as an amputee. Dean supports him patiently throughout his recovery, but Sam can’t quite accept that his brother is in it for the long run.

Notes: This is my entry for the @disabilitynatural writing challenge.

[callistosam]

it presses its back against the thing it left behind

G | no archive warnings apply | sam & castiel

additional tags: post-09x10, disabled sam winchester, wheelchair user sam winchester, chronic illness, canon-typical ableism, sam & cas friendship, sam lacks bodily autonomy, sam has self-worth issues

word count: 1,622 words

summary:

The tremors start less than a day after Cas heals the holes in his head.

...

new symptoms appear & sam's wheelchair loses its layer of dust

part three of shallow outer space written for DisabilityNatural 2026 (@disabilitynatural)

[queer-as-in]

torture

Temporary

double fill! @spn-summer-rapecation and @disabilitynatural

spn | gen brother weirdness | mature | 1,400 words

read on ao3 | read on sqwa

⚠︎ past rape

𖤘 disabled!Sam with a stoma and ostomy bag, Dean has absolutely no fuckin boundaries

thank you to @drowninginredink for the medical consult on this deeply niche fic

Sam has a mantra he runs on repeat as soon as he starts laying out supplies and the fresh ostomy bag. It's all temporary. The assault only lasted one night, and only on and off. He'll stop jumping at shadows and feeling the phantom weight of a body on his back any day now. He'll only need the stoma for a few months. And then it will be over, like it never happened.

[schizosamwincester]

Make it easy (that's a relief)

700 words, Spina Bifida!Sam Winchester, Sam/Cara (4.14 - Sex and Violence)

It wasn’t a big deal. Sam grew up doing cons. They were one of the only things Dad actually taught him. Sam performed this act all the time before they got in contact with Bobby. He was a little rusty, sure, but it was like riding a bike. Besides, the sooner he did it, the quicker it was over.  The first step was to look like he felt bad for what he was about to do. Sam leaned against the countertop, bit his lip, and pointedly avoided meeting Cara's eyes. “Hey, Cara, uh, while we’re doing this…” Sam sighed deeply. “Could I ask you a favor?”

The first fic with my Spina Bifida!Sam AU! And it even lets me talk about my area of professional expertise, urinary issues! Written, of course, for @disabilitynatural

[queer-as-in]

Gifts From My Father Part 1 Last Christmas

spn s3 | first-time wincest | explicit | 4500 words read on ao3 | read on sqwa

for @disabilitynatural 2026! everyone say thank you @asyndetonic for betaing and also for infecting me with this brainworm in the first place!

𖤘 HIV positive Dean (who has not told Sam), safe sex (but then Sam gets accidentally exposed anyway and it's a whole thing which includes confessions and forced vomiting), former sex worker Dean, past johndean

Dean has practice mourning his own death. He's been grieving it since he got his diagnosis. Only, now they both know how and when Dean will die and it won't be AIDS that kills him. There's no "right time" to try to fuck his little brother, but, if there were, Dean guesses it would be now. Now, when they're toasting to Dean's final Christmas instead of pretending there's any hope it won't be.

[callistosam]

it erects the walls it has passed behind it and spins

G | no archive warnings apply

additional tags: season 8, disabled sam winchester, wheelchair user sam winchester, major illness, ableism (mostly internalized), sam winchester lacks bodily autonomy, sam winchester has self-worth issues, sick sam winchester

word count: 1,517 words

summary:

He hasn’t left the bunker in nine days, not even to go for a brief walk—he can’t run anymore—or just sit in the passenger seat of the Impala, and his body is wound tight, the usual aches doubled by stress. He twists his fingers together where he sits on the edge of his bed, and stares at the floor.

Trapped. Caged, he thinks, and it’s irrational, but it’s loud. Need to see the sky.

...

sam & (the loss of) independence

part two of shallow outer space written for DisabilityNatural 2026 (@disabilitynatural)

[disabilitynatural]

Sorry for not reblogging sooner! I was too distracted by actually reading it, and then being annoyed that I couldn't think of good words for the comment when I really liked this. Everyone go read this!

[disabilitynatural]

A heads up: I know some people like prompts/flash events, as opposed to the more long form and freeform event that this is. So. On July 23 I am going to post a disability-related prompt, and give you all roughly the weekend to write supernatural fics about it. You can still write and submit whatever you want about disability all throughout the month, this is just a bonus sub-event for people who want a little more inspiration (and because I have a long train ride and a long bus ride that weekend and it'll give me something to do during them).

And when I say the weekend, that's a very loose definition, because the days I'm planning on writing for it are Thursday and Monday, lol.

Anyway if you wanna be tagged in that post so you don't miss it, feel free to let me know.

[schizosamwincester]

Keep Trekking

1.1k, Amputee!John Winchester, Dean POV, ADHD!Dean Winchester, Hard of Hearing!Dean Winchester, Internalized Ableism, Lateral Ableism

It used to make you proud. Your father could silence an entire crowd of hunters just by standing up and placing his foot on a chair. 

“You see this?” Dad would say, lifting his pants until the hard, scuffed plastic was visible. “I’ve been walking around on this for over a decade. If I can get along without a leg, I can handle this just fine.” 

You didn’t see it often. Most of the time, the prosthetic was quietly tucked away beneath his jeans. But any time your father needed to settle a disagreement or encourage you and your little brother, one method was tried and true. After a reminder of everything your father had seen, everyone fell in line.

So you know how John Winchester fucked Sam and Dean up? What if he also did that by teaching them that disability is something to be ignored and pushed through at all costs?

I am working on a second fic with amputee!John as well, so, you can look forward to that.

Anyway, this was, of course, written for @disabilitynatural, which everyone should write and read fics for!

Fic link once again if you don't want to scroll up to the top.

[disabilitynatural]

hi! for this event would you include physical symptoms of psychological disorders? i’m thinking of incontinence linked to ptsd, psychosomatic chronic pain/phantom pain after hell, things like that

Yes, absolutely. The entire goal of that rule is that this event was intended to fill a huge gap in the fandom, and so I just didn't want it to become a dumping ground for Sam with anxiety/depression or Dean with ADHD fics when that's the one kind of disability that definitely does get written and discussed in this fandom. It's not intended to be like, a super strict barrier or anything like that. Physical side effects of mental disabilities definitely are not that. That is definitely something we don't see talked about enough (in SPN fandom or in real life). Like, realistically, there are quite a few things that might technically violate that rule that I'd be more than happy to see because I don't see them already, like PANDAS or dementia. Generally speaking, I'd say that if you have to ask, it's probably fine.

That said. Despite it being underrepresented. I will point out that I actually do have a fic rec for the former, if you wanted to read that. Not that that should stop you.

[callistosam]

pushing forward a little at a time

G | no archive warnings apply | sam & dean

additional tags: season 8, disabled sam winchester, wheelchair user sam winchester, major illness, ableism (mostly internalized but still important to note), sam winchester lacks bodily autonomy, sam winchester has self-worth issues, physically disabled character written by a physically disabled author !

word count: 2,423 words

summary:

Moving too quickly, his brother misjudges the length of the footrests, and accidentally slams one into a leg of the table. Sam winces, his fingers twitching.

“We’ll get the hang of it,” Dean says, not even a little bit chagrined, wearing an expression that, in Sam’s opinion, is far too pleased for the situation. Dean briefly spreads his hands, as if presenting the wheelchair to Sam, then clasps them together. “So, what do you think?”

...

dean gets sam a wheelchair

part one of shallow outer space written for DisabilityNatural 2026 (@disabilitynatural)

[peanutbutterandbananasandwichs]

No Choir

A post-series reflection on finding quiet happiness

"i just felt like you opened up a beautiful peek into an entire future for sam" @sharedblood "this was so so beautiful i loved it <3 disabled sam you are everything to me" @homehauntsyou

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[peanutbutterandbananasandwichs]

I unfortunately didn't have time to write something brand new for @disabilitynatural but I thought I'd share my post-series disabled Sam fic again in celebration 💜

[disabilitynatural]

I will reblog, but I'm also going to point out that you still have an entire month! This event is running all month, so you've got until July 31 (and realistically later. I will be accepting late submissions)

[schizosamwincester]

Happy DisabilityNatural everyone! Here's my first fic for the event, about Bela!

The many human obstacles that destiny devised

1.2k, Powerchair User!Bela Talbot

She didn't offer you a new body. She knew that wasn't truly the problem. Even if you could take care of yourself, you were only fourteen. You’d still be in your parents’ custody. They would find some other way to control you; you were sure of that. What you needed, more than anything, was cold hard cash. That was real freedom. You could rent an accessible flat, one without an entire floor beyond your reach. You could buy a chair that you could steer yourself, instead of being pushed everywhere. You could hire the most professional staff, people you would fire if they ever touched you the wrong way. If your parents died, you'd receive your inheritance. It wouldn't last forever, but it would be one hell of a start.

This was really fun because even though it is an AU, I really got to dig into and analyze a lot of things that are also true of Bela's character in canon. But also I got to play with a bunch of stuff that was completely new. Just, generally this was a really cool project and a huge favorite of mine.

[disabilitynatural]

I do think it's really funny that I've managed to be sick for the beginning of DisabilityNatural. Like, obviously a temporary cold is not remotely the same thing as an actual disability. But. It is still funny that I've gotten myself a physical ailment for the beginning of the event about giving supernatural characters physical ailments.

(I still will be posting a fic tomorrow though because it's been done and ready since like May)

[disabilitynatural]

A little bit more than a week until DisabilityNatural, and now seems like a good time to point out a deliberate choice I've made with this event: stylizing it as DisabilityNatural (both words capitalized) instead of disabilitynatural (no capital letters) or Disabilitynatural (only capital at the start). It's actually an accessibility thing!

Back when I was on Instagram, where tags can't have spaces between the words, I learned that if you have tags with more than one word in them, you should capitalize the start of every word. This is because that way, screenreaders can see that they're different words and read accordingly. Without the capitals, they try to read it all as one long word. They'll mispronounce it, and then anyone using a screen reader will have no idea what the tag actually says. Now, on tumblr we don't have that problem—tags can have as many spaces as we want—but in a compound name like DisabilityNatural, that could still be a problem. Without the capital N in natural, a screenreader is going to try to pronounce it all as one word. And obviously, I want my disability event to be as accessible to disabled people as possible.

So when you all are posting your stuff for DisabilityNatural, if you mention the name of the event, please make sure to capitalize it as such. I know if you're tagging this blog, it won't be like that because tumblr blog names don't allow for capital letters, but if you use it outside of that context, please do it correctly.