Quadriplegia

An alien reading Our Bodies would conclude that exclusion from a restroom because of one's "trans-gender" identity is a far greater tragedy than, say, dying because America is the only industrialized country without universal health care — or than suffering from an affliction such as quadriplegia or bladder cancer. ❋ Unknown (2005)

See any number of "heroic" documentaries about young women with medical conditions (cancer, quadriplegia, achondoplasia, brittle bones ...) who "struggle" to "make a family". ❋ Unknown (2009)

Medically, I was a mess: multiple spinal cord contusions in my neck, deep-cord syndrome, and incomplete quadriplegia. ❋ Jack Canfield (2010)

Thom could only imagine the pain of the excruciating headache as the body, tricked by the quadriplegia into believing it needed more blood and quickly, pumped hard and constricted the vessels. ❋ Jeffery Deaver (2010)

To those who are genuinely concerned, I push a button to say, I have spastic bilateral quadriplegia, also known as cerebral palsy. ❋ SHARON M. DRAPER (2010)

The counselors were driving on the Meadowbrook Parkway en route to Camp Anchor, a town-run seaside camp for about 600 adults and children with disabilities ranging from quadriplegia to autism to Down syndrome, said Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Candidate with quadriplegia set for place in Massachusetts state Senate ❋ BA Haller (2008)

The Virginia-based company has about 60 full-time and contracted employees, most of whom have developmental or physical disabilities ranging from bipolar disorder, blindness, brain injury or cerebral palsy to quadriplegia. ❋ BA Haller (2008)

The causes of his death were complications from his quadriplegia and respiratory problems. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Despite his quadriplegia, Roman lives his life to the full and does not complain. ❋ Don C. Reed (2010)

Media dis&dat: Candidate with quadriplegia set for place in Massachusetts state Senate skip to main | skip to sidebar ❋ BA Haller (2008)