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Yes
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No
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Yes. It doesn't make her any different than anyone else. Still a person with hopes, dreams, feelings and character.
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Yes. Actually, a couple of people.
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Yes, several. They're doing okay - good attitude is everything, and people can do loads of interesting and useful things without being able to walk.
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Yes and remember if they don't have control of their bowel movements then the chair has to be cleaned daily!!! Maggots were once found in one of our residents chairs........
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Yep,a few of the people i work for. One guy has spina bifida and is now 41, hes a great guy with a great attitude, i dont even notice the chair now.
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ya know actually i dont know anyone in a wheelchair.
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No. I did know a vet with no legs who worked at my company, but he passed on.
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Yes, a family friend of ours. He was in a car accident with his wife, he got on top of her to protect her from getting hurt and got himself paralyzed from the neck down. And his wife ended up leaving him for his best friend a few months later.
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Yes. Some are really fully functional. Some not so much. The first who comes to mind has a really nice electric chair and is largely independent... he just has no use of his legs, and his wife has to care for him. I always kind of wonder how that works, but wouldn't dream of asking.
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Personally? No. But one of my neighbors (who died last year) had been in a wheelchair for most of his adult life.
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Yes, a cousin that had back surgery gone wrong.
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Yes. She's about 20. I'm not sure why. I don't really interact with the family.
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yes, he's in it due to a bad car wreck.
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Yes a few of them. One has been in since a teenager after a diving accident into shallow water.
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Yes. Several. Including myself.
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I work at a nursing home so I see many, many people who are in wheelchairs for the rest of their lives. They don't seem to mind too much, as long as they can read books and complain about the weather! :)
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yes i often come across ppl who have a lifetime sentence bestowed upon them, as im in the caring profession, and the amazing thing is, how well they appear to have accepted it, and not dwell in self pity, and strive to be as independant as possible, its humbling at times
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I know LOTS of nice folks! They were born with physical challenges. They were in automobile and motor vehicle crashes. They were shot. They fell off ladders, trampolines, dove into the shallow end of a pool or hit a rock diving off a pier, fell down steps, etc. Each and every one of them does the absolute best he/she can to continue living a full and productive life. Thanks for asking your Q! I enjoyed answering it! VTY, Ron Berue Yes, that is my real last name! Sources: Because you asked On a regular, dependable basis, I volunteer at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. "THE University of Hard Knocks" also known as ("a/k/a") "life's valuable lessons"
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Yes my sister's grandson is a quadriplegic due to a car accident when he was 21. It happened about 8 years ago and fortunately he has gone on, obtained an education and it appears he is coping quite well.
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yes
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yeah ... theres this guy at work... he got into an acident and has to spend his life in a chair ... were building his a special car ... but he doesn't know so don't tell him
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yes i do my father he has been in a wheelchair for 16 years do to a terrible truck accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down.
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A family friend of ours is paralyzed from the neck down, and , obviously, in a wheelchair. He's been in it for almost 20 yrs. He was in a car accident, got on top of his wife to protect her, and that is how it happened. His stupid b*tch wife left him a couple months later for his best friend. He is now happily married to his caretaker, she's a real sweetheart!
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Nope
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Yes, I do. I have several wheelchair friends and I make no difference. Maybe, particularly, because I use wheelchair too, but not permanently
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I know one viet nam veteran who lost his legs below the knee. he rides a motorcycle. he swims in the community pool twice a week. he does have a wheel chair. but he isnt in it for life. he has a life.
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Yes I had a brother in one and so am I.
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No, but my friend does have Dalek costume. *cringe* <I have a fairly tasteless sense of humour sometimes but even by my standards, that hurts...>
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Yes. My sister with spina bifida.
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My Father In Law has to use a wheel chair to get around because he abused his feet with improper shoes most of his life. His feet got so infected that they had to be operated on and he now can no longer walk.
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My landlord. He was in a bad car accident when he was 15 and has been in one ever since. He is a quadraplegic.
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Yes! My brother has cerebral palsy. He has never walked and probably never will. He is now 42
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Yes I do. The causes vary, as do the extent of their disabilities. I have a good and astonishingly beautiful friend with spinal muscular atrophy who has never walked in her life, and another with spina bifida who can stand briefly holding on, but cannot walk. Both of them have good lives, and being in a chair is normal for them. I have known plenty of other over the years who use chairs permanently, particularly through a support group that I help run. I have uses crutches since I was 12, but I will occasionally use a wheelchair for the rest of my life.
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Yes a co worker had a car accident right before his wedding and is now paralized. They still got married too.
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I know a few people in wheelchairs not sure if i will know them for life though...i move a lot...
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Many of our club members use wheelchairs. A friend of mine has gone back to a manual chair to rebuild muscles. Power chairs are not the go. If you dont use it you will loose it! Keeping muscle tone is very important for most of us.
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I have read about a student as Harmony Road Music School who became paralyzed as a result of a gas station robbery across the street.
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My Dad
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My brother had muscular dystrophy, so he was in one.
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yup one of my high school friends
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Sure do, ME! I thought it would be the worst thing in the world, but the worst thing would be to not be able to see my son. I have RSD/CRPS. No cure, progressive Stage 3 me. But I will trust in my Faith to carry me through, and I try to find something that pleases me daily so I may say "Thank you so much," to someone. Then we both smile. I'm more "human" and "normal" to people who are uncomfortable around me and I get to have a happy moment in my day.
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My first wife was on one for 13 years before she passed away.
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Yes, a friend of a friend. I later found out (from my friend) that he became paralyzed after a dive into shallow water, and that it was my dad that saved his life. I remembered my dad telling me that story a long time ago.
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No. He died a few years ago. Veteran, too. All gave some, some gave all.
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Yes, sadly. A number of my brothers and sisters in the military are confined to wheelchairs. : (
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I did and he was a gorgeous man. He died a few years ago. He looked like Paul Newman. Very sexy dude.
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I am scared that that is going to be my husband. He just gave up on waling.
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More than a few. I've volunteered at a riding program for those with disabilities. I also helped a friend in college who was quadraplegic after a car accident.
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