No the acter playing Artie in real life does not need a wheel chair. It is just for the show. They have had him shown on Glee without the wheel chair singing Safty Dance. One of the trvia coments on Glee's IMDB page is that TPTB keep trying to get the acter playing Artie to stop taping his foot while shooting because Artie is supposed to be paralized and would not be able to do that.
No he isn't, he's actually the best dancer out of the whole glee cast!
He was in a car accident when he was eight, leaving him paralysed from the waist down.
I think he lives in a house.
Arties permanantly disabled
but Kevin McHale (the actor) isn't
He was in an accident when he was a child
Artie Abrams
Artie gets knocked out of his chair in Season two's episode, "Furt".
The character Artie Abrams is a paraplegic (paralyzed from the waist down) due to a car accident when he was 8-years-old. However, Kevin McHale who plays Artie, is not a paraplegic in real life.
Artie Abrams xxx
Artie is a skinny, wheelchair bound boy who has a passion for wearing suspenders and dressing like the proud nerd he is. He wears large, rectangular glasses and has medium-length dark brown hair.
Kevin McHale is the one in Glee
no he isn't a gangsta, its spelled Artie
No, Brittany and Artie break up in "Rumors", which is the nineteenth episode of Glee's second season.
Kevin_Michael_McHaleplays Artie Abrams on the show Glee.
The song Artie sings is Dancing With Myself
Artie Abrams is played by Kevin McHale
Artie's hair is just straight and short.