This is a strange example, because I thought canon did a HORRIBLE job with him, but Sean, from Glee - Finn's friend who has quadriplegia. In the show, he was basically a prop, lying in bed and talking about his accident to illustrate that Rachel's situation (laryngitis) wasn't that bad.

Terrible episode, but if someone was to want to try to flesh out the character, it could make for excellent ficcage.