paraplegic

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The Me Before You series follows the life of Louisa Clark, a working-class girl who ends up as a carer for paraplegic Will Traynor, a wealthy man who is paralysed after a motorcycle accident.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

Backstory: The bitter rivalry between screen legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford helped propel this film about an aging onetime child star who torments her sister, a paraplegic former actor.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

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

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

In 2014, the first kick of the World Cup was made by a paraplegic man using a mind-controlled robotic exoskeleton.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2024

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