Aim. The aim of this text is to recall the figure and present the work of Jerzy Szczygieł (1932-1983), primarily in the context of his autobiographical attitude and adaptation to a difficult situation (loss of mobility). The analysis of artistic legacy of his writer enables to state that his prose was based on similar personal and professional experiences. Methods and materials. The subject of analysis and research reflection is a series of novels, including: Blackthorns (1960), Earth without sun (1968), I'll never leave you (1972), After the cats' heads (1976). The theoretical framework for the considerations undertaken is the concept of Disability Studies, including the stages of adaptation to disability. I treat Małgorzata Czermińska's concept of autobiographical attitude as a methodological path, and I also take into account social and cultural phenomena (as part of an interdisciplinary approach). Results and conclusion. J. Szczygieł's tetralogy about Tadek Różański shows the entire complexity of the psychological situation of young people in war and post-war times. A special place in it is occupied by the image of the main character of the series struggling with difficulties. Szczygieł builds his literary space by carrying out various types of transformations of typhocommunication and typhoeducational issues. The novels also motivate a deeper examination of the author's work, also from the perspective of the blind person's workshop. The article emphasizes the thesis that visual impairment does not become an inhibitor in the selection of the topics of creativity, but it favors the authors' focusing on their own biography and life experiences.