Was Stephen Hawking a Paraplegic?
He Was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge Between 1979 and 2009. Hawking Was Born in Oxford, into a Family of Doctors...
He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009. Hawking was born in Oxford, into a family of doctors. ... In 1963, Hawking was diagnosed with an early-onset slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease that gradually paralysed him over the decades.
How did Hawking get paralyzed?
Hawking was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly referred to in the U.S. as Lou Gehrig's disease. As ALS progresses, the degeneration of motor neurons in the brain interfere with messages to muscles in the body. Eventually, muscles atrophy and voluntary control of muscles is lost.
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Was Stephen Hawking paralyzed from the neck down?
Famous for his work on black holes, he has been one of the world's greatest physicists despite devastating physical decline: Paralyzed from the neck down by 1970, he lost the ability to speak in 1985. He now communicates using software that translates the twitching of a muscle in his cheek into words.
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