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.
Achille Lauro Achille Lauro: Attack on a Cruise ship on October 7th, 1985 that resulted in the death of an American Passenger Leon Klinghoffer who was pushed in his wheelchair off the side to his death by hijackers.
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.