paraplegic
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The Swiss Paraplegic Foundation, established in 1975, counts 1.2 million Swiss households as yearly donation-paying members, according to Dr. Hans Peter Gmünder, the director of the center.
From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2018
Paraplegic patients often languish without thorough and affordable care.
From New York Times • May 7, 2016
He had played table tennis as a boy at Liverpool Paraplegic Sports and Social Club which was, he says, "based in a hut".
From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2012
Brent's E-mail: Shortly after my high school graduation, I was injured in a dirt bike accident, which left me a T4 Paraplegic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Paraplegic since a gunman's attack in 1972, Wallace admitted that segregation and his past racial belligerence were wrong.
From Time Magazine Archive
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