Quadriplegic man testing pioneering exoskeleton gives refreshingly honest answers when quizzed on sex
Brave ex-BMX biker spills the beans on living without sensation from your chest down
A QUADRIPLEGIC who wears an incredible exoskeleton has revealed exactly what it's like to live without the sensation of feeling below your waist.
Brave Ricky Chang was injured eight years ago in a BMX accident and has recently begun to use an exoskeleton to walk again.
Ricky broke his neck while riding a BMX and trying to"grind" on a handrail before hurtling head-first onto the ground.
He wasn't wearing a helmet but claims that was his saving grace.
He said: "The doctor said if I was wearing one it would've killed me giving my neck the extra leverage to internally decapitate me.
";Having said that I do believe that everyone should wear a helmet. Mine was a freak accident."
Ricky is currently testing out the Indego exoskeleton which allows him to stand without the help of a therapist holding him up.
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Most of the time though he is wheelchair-bound.
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When asked how this affected his love life, Chang revealed that it's been eight years since he's had sex.
He joked: " I haven't had an orgasm since I could walk. Honestly I don't know if I can ejaculate. I watch a lot of TV in my free time."
Refreshingly honest, he added: "I've touched my d*** though and it's really weird since I don't have a feeling below my chest.
"Feels like I'm touching someone else's d***."
Most people would struggle to imagine losing one limb, let alone four.
But the inspirational youngster said he sometimes suffers phantom sensations.
"I forget a lot of times that I can't feel so sometimes I'll hit my foot and instinctively yell ouch then remember that I can't feel it.
"I get surprised by my farts a lot too. Since I can't tell when I have to fart they just happen. I then look around and see who did that and I'm like oh yeah that's me."
The youngster, who said "it would take a lot to offend me" had a refreshingly positive attitude throughout the Q&A session, where he called on others to ask intimate questions.
Chang, dubbed the "aluminium monster" is one of several hoping to regain the ability to walk thanks to pioneering exoskeleton technology.
Eight people who have been paralysed for years from spinal cord injuries have regained some feeling in their legs after training with brain-controlled robotics similar to the Chang's.
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