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From: Joe.Chamberlain@f140.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: life in a chair
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Date: 28 Nov 90 17:06:31 GMT
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[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

 AM> My name is allen Marker and i am a para. with a c6-7 fracture. I 

        I wanted to be a professional pilot, but after breaking 
my neck became a teacher, administrator, day-care operator, and 
hospital program coordinator.

 AM> was a guitar player in a nimber of bands and also had trained and taught
 AM> martial arts for 16 years. i fell off a 45 foot balcony and nailed my 
 AM> neck on a speed bump in the parking lot. Since then i have had a hard 
 AM> time dealing with not being able to do all the things i used to do. I 
 AM> kind of feel like i died there because i cant play professionaly anymore
 AM> nor can i teach to be able to realy defend myself or others. i'm not 
 AM> looking for pity just wondering how people can find other things to take
 AM> the place of everything that you had. 

        With the help of computer software you can write music.  
With some administration skill development you can run a school 
for the martial arts.  Take the people skills you have and 
redirect them into other areas which don't require 'hands-on' 
activities.  Instead of people skills and motor skills, it is now 
people skills and brain power.
                                -=joe=-

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