CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-LIFE-WHEELCHAIR (CN)

(220906) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows He Peng (2nd R) and his fellow "wheel-mates" posing for a group photo ahead of their trip to Tibet Autonomous Region, at his rehabilitation training campon in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on July 16, 2002 (Top), and He Peng (5th L) and his fellow "wheel-mates" posing for a group photo in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa of Tibet on July 30, 2002 (Bottom). Born in Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, He Peng, 38, suffered a spinal cord injury in a car accident in 2005, leaving him paraplegic from the neck down. Over the years, he has managed to accomplish a series of rehabilitation training. The first challenge for spinal cord injury patients is to recover their ability to take care of themselves, He Peng said. It took him 5 years from lying in bed to being able to raise his hands and sit up to move. Since then, he started to try out the possibilities by getting a driver's license, traveling, and practicing extreme