“People used to say to my friend Mary, a quadriplegic, 'You still have your mind.' She would say, 'I still have my body.' The world tells me to divorce myself from my flesh, to live in my head. ... I didn't want to be fleshless.” PeopleWorldWantMindStillsBodyUsedMy FriendsDivorceFleshMaryQuadriplegics Author:Anne Finger
“I frowned at the list. “So… I’ll go back and tell the Traynors that I’m going to get their suicidal quadriplegic son drunk, spend their money on strippers and lap dancers, and then trundle him off to the Disability Olympics—” SonListsDrunkDancerDisabilityOlympicsSuicidalLapQuadriplegics Book:Me Before You: A Novel Source: Me Before You: A Novel
“Losing my father at a tender age was extremely important in being able to accept what happened to me later when I became a quadriplegic.” ImportantAgeAbleFatherAcceptingHappenedLosingQuadriplegics Author:Chuck Close
“Neurologically, I'm a quadriplegic, so virtually everything about my work has been driven by my learning disabilities, which are quite severe, and my lack of facial recognition, which I'm sure is what drove me to paint portraits in the first place.” FirstsHas BeensPaintDrivenRecognitionDisabilityPortraitsSevereFacialLearning DisabilityQuadriplegics Author:Chuck Close