Mother of "quadriplegic" got a degree with his son for helping him in classes.

A proud mother of a quadriplegic, Marty O'Connor got a degree along with him when the college decides to honour him for assisting him at classes.

Judy O'Connor was filled with pride when her son earned an MBA. What she didn't know was that she was getting a degree, too.

Marty O'Connor graduated Saturday with a master's degree in business administration from Chapman University in Orange, California.

An accident a few years ago left him a quadriplegic, reliant on voice-recognition software and other aids -- and unable to take notes or write answers to tests.

So his mother went to every class with him, scribbling down notes and helping out however she could.

"As a mom, you just want to help your kids get through things," Judy O'Connor, a retired school teacher, said "I always believed in him. I knew he could do it, and I just wanted to have his back."

Turns out her son had her back, too. At his graduation, O'Connor wheeled her son across the stage. Then she was recognized as a "special individual" and awarded an honorary MBA of her own as the crowd cheered.

What an inspiring story

Source: CNN