quadriplegic
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He fell into a coma, became incontinent and quadriplegic.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
The brain damage the boy suffered is permanent, doctors reported, causing him to be a quadriplegic, blind and unable to talk, walk or eat on his own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025
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
When I met her she was a paraplegic; eventually she became a quadriplegic.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 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
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“There were seven of us high quadriplegics sitting in a circle telling our versions of the same story,” Salvini said, “which was a transformative experience that I wanted to replicate for others in similar situations.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
Of those, 44 were marked as related to paraplegics, quadriplegics, other types of wheelchair users and other assistive-device users.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2022
"What I really find a lot of pride in is I help quadriplegics all over America," Himan said.
From Fox News ● Oct. 12, 2021
Jackson and his wife visited Nepal last October and, after seeing the stark conditions paraplegics and quadriplegics endure in an otherwise beautiful country, he resolved to make a difference.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 3, 2019
For example, when I went into the cafeteria for my meals, I refused to use eating equipment designed for quadriplegics.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2012