Last night we saw a news story on WFAA concerning a couple. The story called them quadriplegic, but both could move their arms.
So, I dropped a note to the news station saying, that a quadriplegic means all 4 limbs are immobile.
The news responded:
The couple identifies as quadriplegic, because that refers to which vertebrae was affected, according to the couple's explanation to our reporter.
They met in a quad-rugby team and identify as such.
Thank you for watching, and yes we noticed this as well and asked questions about it.
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Interesting.............Wonder what the medical world thinks of the corruption of the word.
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