Roger More (Survivor from B2)
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The difference with bi-polar (or something similar) is that it often (always?) requires medication. Someone deaf could do very well, as long as you planned around it for challenges. I doubt they would get into any of the explosive confrontations that often spur people going home. They would just need to overcome the others perceiving them as weak and/or an outsider, which is tough. The elderly are fine, as long as they pass good medical evals. Of the people evacuated I don't think any of them have been older people. And older people do often last pretty long. The woman with an artificial leg was stronger than most people on her tribe (and probably both tribes that season). She was especially stronger than the two who viewed it as a weakness, spearheaded her ouster, and then quit. And those are all physical things. Which are easier to deal with, and easier to notice if they are a problem, than mental issues. And, unlike Brandon, they would be putting themselves at risk as opposed to others.
I don't remember someone with diabetes, but if they needed insulin regularly that was also a mistake. I don't watch TAR, so I can't speak to how things are on there, but it seems to be very different from Survivor.
I am curious if there have been Survivor players who require medication. And if so, how that was dealt with. It seems like a mistake to me, with no clocks and no sure access to food or drinkable water.
To me, the question is more about who the condition puts in danger. I'm fine with someone going out there and risking their own life due to whatever medical condition they may have. I am not fine with sending someone out there who can put others in danger from little or no provocation, as seemed to be the case with Brandon from his first season. I was concerned then that he passed evaluations and background checks. This season has proven that they need better tests.
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