In Media
Figures in film, television, video games and novels depicted as having osteogenesis imperfecta include:
- (1998) British actor and writer Firdaus Kanga, who wrote and starred in the 1998 BBC film Sixth Happiness partially based on his own life. Kanga wrote Trying to Grow exploring the life of adolescents with this condition. Kanga featured on Channel 4 documentaries 'Taboo' and 'Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun,' exploring religion, sexuality and disability.
- (2000) The film Unbreakable features a character played by Samuel L. Jackson named Elijah Price who suffers from OI and is nicknamed "Mr. Glass" due to the brittleness of his bones.
- (2001) Raymond Dufayel (sometimes simply called "the glass man" by his neighbors) in the French film Amélie; Dufayel is depicted as being confined to his house (the interior of which is heavily padded) by the condition.
- (2005) The movie Fragile features a child with this condition.
- (2006) The fifth season of the series Scrubs saw Elliot Reid doing research into the various types of therapy available to O.I. patients. Her co-fellow Charlie then developed a new "gene therapy" cure, putting Elliot out of work.
- (2007) Jeff "Joker" Moreau, a frigate pilot in the popular video game series Mass Effect is depicted as suffering from Vrolik's Syndrome, requiring crutches or medical enhancements to perform simple tasks such as walking.
- (2009) Jodi Picoult wrote Handle with Care, a story about a little girl named Willow who has type III OI. The book shows how her disease has affected her life and the lives of those around her.
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