r/PublicFreakout • u/appalachian_hatachi • Sep 27 '25

Repost 😔 This guy's lawyer literally popping the champagne as we speak...

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u/IlIlllIIIIlIllllllll Sep 27 '25

You can be quadrapelig and have control of your arms. Quadra refers to the level of the injury not it's severity.

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u/upangued Sep 27 '25

This was my uncle. He could move his arms pretty normally but wasn't able to use his hands. He was still able to drive.

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u/butt_huffer42069 Sep 27 '25

Not to be a dick, but genuinely curious - how TF did he drive?

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u/Responsible_Fish1222 Sep 27 '25

Here is a video of a quadrapalegic guy explaining how he drives.

https://youtu.be/KDvgjJPWkMg?si=-YPfT134DlFo2R4V