quadriplegic

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He fell into a coma, became incontinent and quadriplegic.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

The Javier Bardem-starring film followed the real-life story of Ramón Sampedro, who became quadriplegic after a diving accident and spent nearly 30 years fighting for his own right to die.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2025

That was the message from Elliot Caswell, a 19-year-old die-hard Newcastle United fan with quadriplegic cerebral palsy, when I first met him on a flight in 2019.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 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