Paul O’Hanlon moved through life in a wheelchair, but he always stood up for people.

The Wilkinsburg attorney fought relentlessly, from council chambers to street intersections, for people with disabilities and others, specializing in housing, health care, transportation and voting rights.

And after he died Nov. 30 at age 71 from infection complications, people have praised him as “a champion,” “indefatigable,” an “absolute legend” and “a fierce advocate for the rights for everyone over the years.”

“Rest in power Paul O'Hanlon,” city Councilmember Barb Warwick posted on his Facebook page. “You made Pittsburgh better.”

The man that one group honored as “a true advocate for inclusion and justice” started out in life feeling unjustly excluded.

He was born on Feb. 9, 1954 with a dislo

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