If I want totally accurate historical writing I would not be in the romance genre. What I get from reading many of these posts is that too many of us don't know what constitutes inaccuracy in a romance featuring a disabled character. Now that I think about it, it makes perfect sense. I think there is a tremendous continuum of readers for things like historical accuracy, morality, and disabilities. Let me explain - just as there are readers who cannot tolerate any level of historical inaccuracy in their romance, there are other readers, there are also readers like the one I quoted in a recent ATBF column.
Fiction writing is just that - fiction.
If I want totally accurate historical writing I would not be in the romance genre. Now that I think about it, it makes perfect sense.