When I first was paralyzed, I searched everywhere for people who had risen to the top of the profession despite severe disability.  I wanted to see doctors, lawyers, politicians, CEOs or scientists who were the best at what they did, despite spinal cord injury.  It was moderately disturbing to me when it was really difficult to find many examples.  With an unemployment rate of over 70% if you are paralyzed, the problem was that there aren't too many to choose from.  



Schaeuble, Denied by Merkel, Defies Doctors in Saving Euro

Wolfgang Schaeuble is basically a badass.  A tough, stubborn, hard-core German leader.  He is the finance minister of Germany who would have been chancellor (the German equivalent of president) if the political winds had been slightly different.  He did all of this despite having been paralyzed for 20 years.
He was shot when he was 47, so he accomplished a lot when he was able-bodied and was able to leverage those successes after he became paralyzed.  Either way, is certainly admirable to see a 67-year old paralyzed guy making history as a policymaker despite his condition.