paraplegic

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Peter Lau, 59, from Huddersfield, who is T6 paraplegic, said looking at images of the platform, it seemed "like a game show challenge where you put someone in a wire cage".

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025

When adjunct professor Zelu, who is paraplegic, hits rock bottom personally and professionally, she unexpectedly writes a mega-bestselling work of Afro-futurism that also addresses the differently abled.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2024

When I met her she was a paraplegic; eventually she became a quadriplegic.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

And even more recently, NBC's big box store sitcom "Superstore," which wrapped in 2021, saw able-bodied actor Colton Dunn starring as paraplegic employee Garrett.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2023

As she wrote paraplegic, Mrs. Olinski spelled it out, "P-A-R-A-P-L-E-G-I-C. It means that I am paralyzed from the waist down."

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg