If you have red any of my books before you will know that including people with various disabilities isn't unheard of. Hopefully you dear reader will understand that I believe in equality for everyone. Although I'm blind I don't think of it as a deterrent, rather a pain in the, oh well you know what I mean. As many characters in my books, Jolene is based on a real person. In fact she was a very wonderful girl friend at one time...