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Paraplegia is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek (παραπληγίη) "half-stricken".It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition that affects the neural (brain) elements of the spinal canal.
People with paraplegia, a neurologically based impairment in motor and/or sensory function of the body's lower extremities. See also: Category:People with tetraplegia Contents
John Callahan (1951–2010) – Cartoonist, became a quadriplegic in an auto accident at age 21 [3] Walter Harris Callow (1896–1958) – inventor of the wheelchair accessible bus. [4] Roy Campanella (1921–1993) – American baseball player. Paralyzed in a 1958 auto accident. [5] John Carter (1815–1850) – English artist [6]
Long before the Paralympic Games, American gymnast George Eyser, who had a wooden leg, competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics, and won three gold medals, two silver and a bronze, including a gold in the vault, an event which then included a jump over a long horse without aid of a springboard.
One of the most famous artists of the Marvel universe and is known as a brilliant sculptor. [citation needed] 1980 Madame Web: The Amazing Spider-Man: Marvel Comics: Blind and paralyzed. [citation needed] 1963 Cliff Steel AKA Robot Man: Doom Patrol and Justice League United: DC Comics: Entire body replaced with a prosthetic metal body ...
Note: This category's interpretation of disability is quite broad, and may include people with medical conditions that may not typically be considered disabled. See also Category:People with disabilities .
Swimmers with short stature and an additional impairment with loss of control over one side of their body or with paraplegia. Sebastián Rodríguez (8-3-4) Béatrice Hess (20-5-0) 50 metre backstroke 50 metre butterfly 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 200 metre individual medley S6/SB5/SM6
Elizabeth "Libby" Dudley Kosmala (née Richards) OAM (born 8 July 1942) is an Australian shooter with paraplegia. She represented Australia at twelve Paralympics from 1972 to 2016, and won thirteen medals, nine of them gold.