Peter Apps is a Reuters correspondent who was badly injured in a car crash in Sri Lanka on Sept 5, 2006. He lost the use of his limbs and is now confined to a wheelchair. In the following story slugged WITNESS-BRITAIN/DISABILITY and headlined "WITNESS-Back to work with a broken neck and useless limbs" he describes his struggle to return to employment and the difficulties he faces in his daily life.

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