will vote, i have a similar story.
an alumni from my high school was in a car accident (i think) and paralyzed from the waist down and in his hands. he is in a motorized wheelchair and many years ago (when it happened) a bunch of people had a fundraiser and got him a van that he can get into/ out of by himself and drive by himself. it has changed his life dramatically and he is a huge inspiration on my life. he still coaches voluntarily for our high school baseball team and goes through so much unseen work just to get out of bed in the morning and make it to practice, yet still he finds ways to make us laugh honestly.
you can learn a lot from disabled people. they're ridiculously inspirational, and many aren't as weird as first thought once you get to know them, just regular humans.