Word: wheelchairs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wallace made his unusual entrance because he had no other way of getting on stage. A rugby accident in high school left him paralyzed from the neck down and dependent on a wheelchair to get around. Without a special elevator, Wallace needed his friends to hoist him onto the stage. At his request, the University began plans to install a lift, but Wallace was "fed up" waiting for it and quit the group before it was built...
Joel Downer '89, who suffers from muscular dystrophy and is confined to a wheelchair, has had difficulty just being a philosophy concentrator. The department's offices and library are located on the upper floors of Emerson, which does not have an elevator or special lift...
Although he has found moving around the Yard difficult, Downer is pleased with the tours the University gave him of all the available rooms in the upperclass houses. He says he was allowed to choose the room that best accommodated his need to use a wheelchair. All handicapped freshmen discuss options with College officials prior to the spring lottery to determine their house for the following year...
...after Allen broke his parole by stealing a gold chain. Troy Canty, 20, was sentenced last June to 18 months in a residential drug- treatment program after pleading guilty to petty theft. The fourth, Darrell Cabey, 20, shot in the spine by Goetz and paralyzed, is confined to a wheelchair for life...
...American original sin, George Wallace ended his journey in the vicinity of redemption. It was a strange and moving American spectacle to see Wallace a few weeks ago receive an honorary degree from Tuskegee Institute, the blacks in the audience applauding him with a forgiving warmth. Wounded, in his wheelchair, subdued and sweet, he blew them kisses...