Loa crushed her spinal cord in a roll-over accident when she was eighteen years old.

Gemma Quinn was only seven years old when, in 1992, her family was involved in a serious car crash.

Polio - Head Bracing

Barbara Oliveira was injured in a car accident and is paralysed from the neck down.

Antonia Sinibaldi was in a car that was hit by a drunk driver when she was two years old.

Briana Graves - Vanishing Bones

Melissa and Sarah have operations to fit a breathing pacemaker

Tiffany Pohl could only move her eyes after a severe spinal cord injury.

Jasmin Koskiranta with her nephew

Jenni Taylor broke her neck and is paralysed from the neck down.

Samantha Rodzwicz lost control and flipped her car when she was driving home for Mother's Day.

Keyla Beczynski was in an ATV accident and broke her neck.

Polio - Chestpirator (More Vintage Photos)

Brooke Ellison was knocked down by a car and left paralysed from the neck down.

Polio - Vintage Photos

Heather was shot in the neck by a hitman hired by her ex-husband

Angelique is @CompletelyParalysed and depends on a ventilator to help her breathe.

Luciana was studying to be a nurse when she was hit by a stray bullet.

Cindy, Paralysed from the shoulders down by a drunk driver.

Susan Sunday Morning

Susan's Audition for Home Makeover

Susan Ambrecht - Polio Quad

Jasmin, "the world's first quadriplegic Barbie".

Extracts from Stargate Universe Series 1, Episode 16 'Sabotage'

Looking after Nina 2

Nina Muhonen on a tilting table

Looking after Nina 1

Nina goes visiting

Nina Muhonen Lies on her bed

Nina Muhonen was eighteen when she dove into a pool and broke her neck.

Nina's Power Chair