Jill McAuley writes, she was an independent, athletic and social 18-year-old. The next, she was dependent, immobile and ...

Now a quadriplegic, he’s spent the last 35 years in a wheelchair and the last 27 speaking ... has been his primary caretaker for most of his life. She also looks after her 95-year-old mom ...

Congregate living health facilities, which assist quadriplegics and others with ... one parked his wheelchair in a Northridge driveway in protest, telling The Times, “I feel safe here.