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WHO I AM
I am a 51 year old social worker and freelance writer. I was born with
Spina Bifida, but I had no discernible functional impairment until a
car accident in 1988 changed my life. Since then I have struggled with
the barriers, both physical and societal, that people with disabilities
are challenged by every day. My articles have spanned a wide range of
topics from how computers and technology can change the life of a
person with a disability to issues of grieving and adoption. My work
has appeared in both local and national publications including The New
York Times, The Green Bay Press-Gazette, Tennis, Women's
Sports+Fitness, Able Newspaper, Virtual Reality Special Report, Accent
on Living and WE Magazine. As a guest lecturer for a community college
course on the role of people with disabilities in society I have spoken
with groups of aspiring physical therapy students about the need to
maintain a level of dignity and open communication between people with
disabilities and the helping professions. Finally, I have made several
radio appearances. As a guest on the radio show 'Inner Sight', I
fielded questions from call-in listeners regarding whether people can
learn to accept the changes brought on by disability. And, as a guest on
the Let’s
Talk Computers show I spoke on the ways in which computers are
making the lives of people with disabilities easier than they ever have
been before. In writing about the issues people with disabilities are
involved in I feel I have learned a very important lesson, one that I
hope I can help others understand. It is the act of living that is
important not the manner in which that action is undertaken. People
with disabilities have the same wants and needs as others in the world
community.
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