In the face of great mobility challenges, countless world-changers have done so from their wheelchairs. Who comes to your mind? Here’s our list of the top five famous wheelchair users: 1. Franklin D Roosevelt Did you know that the 32nd President of the United States was also a wheelchair user through much of his life and even through his presidency? When FDR was 39 years old, he became ill with what doctors now believe was Polio while on a family vacation. Eventually the sickness caused Roosevelt to become paralized from the waist down, but he was determined to regain control of his legs.  Through trying a wide range of therapies, even the hydrotherapy available in the early 1920s, Roosevelt was able to walk short distances with the help of iron braces and a cane. Roosevelt never used his wheelchair in public, and reportedly went to great lengths to conceal his wheelchair use from the american public during his election and presidency. This is likely due to the discrimination felt ...