gimper, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

gimper n.

also gimpster

[gimp n.² (1); note newspaper jargon gimper, a human interest ‘sob’ story featuring illness, invalidity etc.]

(US) a disabled person.

1974		Coq Apr. 46: Gimpsters. Effin’ crips can’t fuck nobody [HDAS].
1988		oral testimony in Lighter HDAS II 895: A handicapped person is a gimper.
1991		C. Hiaasen Native Tongue 60: Before I go get the gimper [...] how about you telling me some portion of the truth.
2002		L. Morrell Golden Lane 13: Should Sharon touch me up before the gimpster comes in?