quadriplegic

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Quadriplegic and confined to a medicalised portable cabin in the Chinese countryside, 36-year-old Li Xia can only move one finger and one toe, which he uses to manage a high-tech farm.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Quadriplegic and bedridden in a prefabricated home, 36-year-old Li Xia can only move one finger and one toe -- yet he runs a high-tech farm in southwestern China using sensors, cameras and a computer.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Oprah Winfrey even named him a “Life Lifter” on her Web site, “Reason No. 472 to Love Perfect Strangers: What a ‘Walking’ Quadriplegic Taught Us.”

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2011

What happens to Quadriplegic Campanella at the Rehabilitation Institute is mostly up to him.

From Time Magazine Archive