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		llimllib on Jan 11, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Losing everything, and seeing it as an invitation ... I'm surprised that article didn't mention the result that quadraplegics are only slightly less happy than other people, and no less happy than paraplegics: [http://books.google.com/books?id=P5GsREMbUmAC&pg=PA724&#...]

timcederman on Jan 11, 2009 | [–]

Having run a few ethnographic studies to observe how they maintain their independence I'm not that surprised. The coping mechanisms for human beings truly are amazing.

mynameishere on Jan 12, 2009 | [–]

It seems like quadriplegia would be like taking a massive muscle relaxant.

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