One of my classmates made mechanic arrangements in a car that can be driven and fully controlled by hands. It is designed for those who are not able to use their legs (people who use wheelchair). I read this in newspaper.
But the shock was another one. He developed this mechanism after he got paralyzed below his hips in a severe accident. When he got conscious 14 days after the accident, he knew his legs are there only to be carried them not to carry him anymore!
Instead of lamenting on what happened, being an automobile diploma holder, he brought all the required books to hospital bed and completed his theories and drawings on how to make a 100% hand-controlled car. It took 4 months to discharge him from the hospital. After 9 months from that accident he was on the road again with his own invention.
(I read all this in online newspaper. I haven’t seen him for last 9-10 years! All those Keralite knows whom I am talking about. We were in the same boarding school from 7 to 10 Standard.)
As Mr. PC Chandra Sekhar Said, "Handicap is our mind, Not Our Body". The handicapped body can be overcome easily, but not the mind!
Thank you for finding and posting it.
For those who want to know more about Jessica Cox, see her how fly Airplane:
YouTube - Pilot flys with out arms, Inspirational young Lady!
See the CNN news on 22nd Feb 2009:
Jessica Cox – Young People Who Rock - CNN.com Blogs
And for those who are moe curious here is her blog:
Jessica Cox
With regards,
M Sadique:icon10: