http://www.atrianglemorning.com/DEARBLOG/2005/09/04/this-is-the-one-time-it-is-ok-to-laugh-at-the-word-quadriplegic/ Illustrated events from real life Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:31:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.atrianglemorning.com/DEARBLOG/2005/09/04/this-is-the-one-time-it-is-ok-to-laugh-at-the-word-quadriplegic/comment-page-1/#comment-1946 lucille Tue, 04 Oct 2005 05:12:01 +0000 http://www.atrianglemorning.com/DEARBLOG/?p=94#comment-1946 lmao allen-the images that were conjured when i read it were like the ones you drew, and i can't stop laughing. i understood what you were getting at, so the joke's not comepletely ruined. ;) lmao allen-the images that were conjured when i read it were like the ones you drew, and i can’t stop laughing. i understood what you were getting at, so the joke’s not comepletely ruined.

]]> http://www.atrianglemorning.com/DEARBLOG/2005/09/04/this-is-the-one-time-it-is-ok-to-laugh-at-the-word-quadriplegic/comment-page-1/#comment-1129 Allen Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:15:26 +0000 http://www.atrianglemorning.com/DEARBLOG/?p=94#comment-1129 Please stop ruining my jokes with facts. Please stop ruining my jokes with facts.

]]> http://www.atrianglemorning.com/DEARBLOG/2005/09/04/this-is-the-one-time-it-is-ok-to-laugh-at-the-word-quadriplegic/comment-page-1/#comment-1119 some dude Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:46:17 +0000 http://www.atrianglemorning.com/DEARBLOG/?p=94#comment-1119 The answer to the quad- vs. para- is explained in the movie. The confusion that most people have is that they are assume that it must be total paralysis of the arms and we are expecting all quadriplegics to be like Christopher Reeves. However, depending on the severity and location of the spinal injury that leads to the paralysis, quadriplegics can have partial use of their arms. In the movie you will see that different players can't close their hands or rotate their arms. The movie talks about how the players are graded on a scale of 0.5 - 3.5 depending on how much use they have in their arms and hands. The answer to the quad- vs. para- is explained in the movie. The confusion that most people have is that they are assume that it must be total paralysis of the arms and we are expecting all quadriplegics to be like Christopher Reeves. However, depending on the severity and location of the spinal injury that leads to the paralysis, quadriplegics can have partial use of their arms. In the movie you will see that different players can’t close their hands or rotate their arms. The movie talks about how the players are graded on a scale of 0.5 – 3.5 depending on how much use they have in their arms and hands.

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