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    For the American physician, see Max C. Starkloff.

    Max Starkloff (September 18, , St. Louis, Missouri &#; December, ) was a disability rights activist.

    Starkloff became disabled in a car accident in and subsequently co-founded three organizations.

    Personal life

    In , at the age of 21, Starkloff was involved in a car accident and became a quadriplegic with limited use of his left arm.[1] After the crash, his mother was told he would only live for four more days; however, he survived and was inspired to fight for disability rights.[1] From the ages of 26 to 38, he lived at St.

    Joseph's Hill infirmary, a nursing home in St. Louis. He married Colleen Kelly, a physical therapist at his nursing home, in , and the couple adopted three children.[2] In , he fell off of his wheelchair and punctured a lung, forcing him to use a ventilator for the remainder of his life.[1] He died from influenza complications on December 27, [