Editing List of people with paraplegia

{{Short description|none}}
[[Paraplegia]] is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from [[Ionic Greek]] ({{lang|grc|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. The area of the spinal canal that is affected in paraplegia is either the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral regions. If four limbs are affected by paralysis, [[tetraplegia]] or quadriplegia is the correct term. If only one limb is affected, the correct term is [[monoplegia]]. [[Spastic paraplegia]] is a form of paraplegia defined by [[spasticity]] of the affected muscles, rather than [[flaccid paralysis]].

==Notable people with paraplegia==
<!-- Please cite sources when adding entries to this list. Unsourced entries will be deleted. -->
* [[Greg Abbott]], [[Governor of Texas]]; former [[Texas Attorney General]] (paraplegic due to a 1984 freak accident when a falling oak tree hit him in the back)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/state-politics/20100531-Accident-set-Texas-Attorney-General-Greg-3032.ece |title=Accident set Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on a path toward politics  |author=Theodore Kim |date=31 May 2010 |work=dallasnews.com |accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref>
* [[Peter Berry (basketball)|Peter Berry]], American [[wheelchair basketball]] player for [[Alabama Crimson Tide]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.khou.com/article/sports/usas-no-1-wheelchair-basketball-recruit-signs-with-the-university-of-alabama/285-df4c00be-6382-4627-96a2-e469f89512b3|title= USA's No. 1 wheelchair basketball recruit signs with Alabama|publisher=[[KHOU]]|date=November 13, 2019|access-date=March 11, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Edward Stinson Brown, Jr.]] (1920-2005), atomic weapons maintenance specialist at [[Sandia Base]], injured in combat in [[World War II]].
* [[Paul Darke]], British academic and disability rights activist born with [[spina bifida]].
* <!-- surname Deng --> [[Deng Pufang]], Chinese politician, son of [[Deng Xiaoping]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.humanrights-china.org/news/2003-9-18/rdgz2003918151107.htm |title=Humanrights |accessdate=2007-01-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220215531/http://www.humanrights-china.org/news/2003-9-18/rdgz2003918151107.htm |archivedate=2007-02-20 }}</ref>
* [[Daniel Dias]], a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer.
* [[John Porter East]] (1931–1986), US politician who was partially paralyzed by [[polio]] in 1955<ref>http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/historyfiction/document/msj/entire.html {{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Frank Gardner (journalist)]] (born 1961), prominent BBC journalist who became paralysed after being shot six times at close range by an Al-Qaeda gunman in Saudi Arabia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidrowan.com/2005/06/interview-frank-gardner-evening.html |title=David Rowan: Interview: Frank Gardner (Evening Standard) |accessdate=2007-01-06 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105190115/http://www.davidrowan.com/2005/06/interview-frank-gardner-evening.html |archivedate=2007-01-05 }}</ref>
* [[Chuck Graham]] (1965–2020), United States politician injured in an automobile accident at age 16<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.missouricures.com/news_032805CT.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-01-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305150931/http://missouricures.com/news_032805ct.php |archivedate=2016-03-05 }}</ref>
* [[Tanni Grey-Thompson]], [[paralympian]] born with [[spina bifida]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bdfa.net/tanni2.html |title=Welcome to Aerobility, formerly known as the BDFA |accessdate=2007-01-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206043024/http://www.bdfa.net/tanni2.html |archivedate=2012-02-06 }}</ref>
* [[Rick Hansen]], Canadian Paralympian who was paralyzed in a car crash at age 15<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rickhansen.com/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D35%26Itemid%3D46 |title=Rick Hansen Foundation - Rick's Story |accessdate=2007-02-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070430165328/http://www.rickhansen.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=46 |archivedate=2007-04-30 }}</ref>
* [[John Hockenberry]] (born 1956), journalist and blogger<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_07-24-2005/featured_0 |title=PARADE Magazine &#124; Yes, You Can (Paraplegic TV commentator John Hockenberry) |accessdate=2007-01-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208201749/http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_07-24-2005/featured_0 |archivedate=2006-12-08 }}</ref>
* [[Paul Johnson (producer)]] (1971–2021), American [[record producer]] and [[disc jockey]] who was shot accidentally<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.5chicago.com/features/april2006/pauljohnson.html |title=Paul Johnson Interview - 5 Magazine, House Music from Chicago, House Music for the World |accessdate=2011-06-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104195958/http://www.5chicago.com/features/april2006/pauljohnson.html |archivedate=2013-11-04 }}</ref>
* [[Sharry Konopski]] (1967–2017), model and actress injured in a car accident<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/sharry-konopski |title=Answers - the Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions |website=[[Answers.com]] |accessdate=2007-01-11 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204322/http://www.answers.com/topic/sharry-konopski |archivedate=2016-03-03 }}</ref>
* [[Charles Krauthammer]] (1950–2018), conservative [[columnist]] and commentator<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/krauthammer082800.asp |title=Charles Krauthammer {{!}} A Man for All Seasons |magazine=[[Jewish World Review]] |date=August 28, 2000 }}</ref>
* [[Boris Kustodiev]] (1878–1927), Russian painter who became paraplegic due to [[tuberculosis]] of the [[human vertebral column|vertebral column]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abcgallery.com/K/kustodiyev/kustodiyevbio.html |title=Boris Kustodiyev Biography - Complete &#124; Olga's Gallery |accessdate=2007-01-26 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213920/http://www.abcgallery.com/K/kustodiyev/kustodiyevbio.html |archivedate=2016-03-03 }}</ref>
* [[James Langevin]], US Congressman from Rhode Island who was shot accidentally at age 16.
* [[Linda Laubenstein]] (1947–1992), American physician who was left paraplegic after a childhood [[polio]] infection<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/17/nyregion/linda-laubenstein-45-physician-and-leader-in-detection-of-aids.html | title=Linda Laubenstein, 45, Physician And Leader in Detection of AIDS | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=August 17, 1992 | accessdate=March 31, 2017 | last=Lambert|first= Bruce}}</ref>
* [[Craig Hart Neilsen]] (1941–2006), American gaming executive who founded Ameristar Casinos, Inc. and formed the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation to fund scientific research and quality-of-life programs for people living with spinal cord injuries.
* [[Nicole Niquille]], Swiss mountaineer, mountain guide and humanitarian for Nepalese women's health.
* [[Ajith C. S. Perera]] (1956–2020), a [[Sri Lanka]]n [[Disability rights movement|disability rights activist]] and former [[Umpire (cricket)|cricket umpire]], who was paralyzed when a tree fell onto his moving car.<ref name="VEERA">{{cite web
 | last = Veera | first = Sriram | title = Retired hurt but not out |work= Cricinfoblogs Tour Diary India in Sri Lanka 2009.|publisher=Cricinfo
 | date = 2009-01-29 | url = http://blogs.cricino.com/tourdiaries/archives/2009/01/retired_hurt_bu.php | accessdate = 2009-02-04 | quote= It was a stormy day in Colombo and Perera was sitting in his car on 12 November 1992 when nature intervened. ''A big wayside tree crashed against the car, killing the driver and instantly rendering Perera a paraplegic for life''.}}{{dead link|date=December 2012}}</ref>
* [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (1882–1945), former [[president of the United States]] who, at the age of 39, was partially paralyzed by [[polio]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/fdrbio.html |title=Home - FDR Presidential Library & Museum |accessdate=2007-01-11 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813165330/http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/fdrbio.html |archivedate=2009-08-13 }}</ref>
* [[Wolfgang Schäuble]], German politician injured in an assassination attempt in 1990<ref>http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9473704 {{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[Iyad Shalabi]] (born 1987), Israeli Paralympic champion wimmer
* [[Liesl Tesch]] (born 1969), an [[Australians|Australian]] [[wheelchair basketball]] player.
* [[George Wallace|George Corley Wallace]], governor of Alabama and former candidate for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] presidential nomination<ref>''[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wallace/sfeature/assasin.html Portrait of an Assassin: Arthur Bremer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613203506/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wallace/sfeature/assasin.html |date=June 13, 2008 }}'', PBS. Retrieved 2012-12-30.</ref>
* [[Colt Wynn]], American [[bodybuilding]] champion<ref>{{cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0801/is_11_67/ai_n16808019/ |work=Muscle & Fitness |title=A Wynn-win situation |year=2006 |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-05-12 |archive-date=2008-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429201511/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0801/is_11_67/ai_n16808019 }}</ref>
*<!-- surname Zhang --> [[Zhang Haidi]], Chinese woman writer and translator, president of the [[China Disabled Persons' Federation]] (2008-).<ref>{{cite book |last=Song |first=Yuwu |title=Biographical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PnsjAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA393 |year=2013 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-3582-1 |page=393}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of cases of Bell's palsy]]
*[[List of people with quadriplegia]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Lists of people with disabilities|People with paraplegia]]
[[Category:People with paraplegia|*]]

[[fi:Luettelo tunnetuista vyötäröstä alaspäin halvaantuneista ihmisistä]]