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Chuck Graham (1965–2020), United States politician injured in an automobile accident at age 16 [6] Tanni Grey-Thompson, paralympian born with spina bifida [7] Rick Hansen, Canadian Paralympian who was paralyzed in a car crash at age 15 [8] John Hockenberry (born 1956), journalist and blogger [9]
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]
Ali Stroker grew up in New Jersey with her parents, Jody and Jim Stroker, as well as an older brother, Jake. At the age of two, Stroker and her brother were in a car accident that resulted in a spinal cord injury that left Ali paralyzed from the waist down. Unable to walk, she uses a wheelchair. [4]
Richard Marvin Hansen CC OBC (born August 26, 1957) is a Canadian track and field athlete (Paralympic Games and Olympic Games), activist, and philanthropist for people with disabilities. When Rick was 15, he was riding in the back of a pickup truck after a fishing trip with his friend, when the driver lost control and the vehicle rolled over.
Left-handed people only make up about 10% of the world's population — so you might be surprised to learn how many of them have been world leaders, artists, well-known athletes, award-winning actors.
Cohen, who died in 2016 at age 82, famously wrote the song “Chelsea Hotel #2” about his time in the building. Clara Bow Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
At the age of 17, he became the youngest Rollers gold medal winner, at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, and was the youngest to compete in the wheelchair basketball competition. In 2014, he returned to wheelchair tennis with the aim of participating at the 2016 Rio Paralympics , at which he won gold medals in the Men's Quad Singles and Doubles.