After a car crash in 1990 which left him partially paralysed and in a wheelchair, Achebe moved to live in the US - only returning to Nigeria infrequently.
At the other end of the emotional spectrum, he was thrilled to watch a patient enter the hospital in a wheelchair and emerge after the implant able to walk freely.
Because of an accident, I ended up with a bad compound fracture and was confined to a wheelchair for four months, critical months during which I had to complete the project planning.
But Lady Campbell has a severe form of spinal muscular atrophy, a condition that means she uses a wheelchair and is reliant on a ventilator to breathe for much of the day.
De Preist is sitting in a wheelchair at the back of the room as 21-year-old Sean is up on the podium, doing all he can to manage the large orchestra at his fingertips.
Harshad Talera (wheel-chair-bound from a motorbike accident) of the Talera group of hotels is working on a highly automated establishment serving budget tourists.