quadriplegic

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Vicky was diagnosed with both quadriplegic and athetoid cerebral palsy at birth, and Sarah, the eldest of four siblings, recalls early life being a "constant battle".

From BBC • May 14, 2026

He fell into a coma, became incontinent and quadriplegic.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Such facilities were born decades ago in the San Fernando Valley, the brainchild of a nurse tending to quadriplegic patients.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2024

But I represented a young Black man who was quadriplegic whose elderly parents tried to help get him an ID several times, unsuccessfully.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2024

I sat one day with a man who’d gone off young and healthy to an overseas deployment, leaving behind a pregnant wife, and had come back quadriplegic, unable to move his arms or legs.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama