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Alex  I was diagnosed with Chronic Progressive M.S. in 1980 (soon after I got
working full-time). I’ve been paraplegic since 1985, I was fortunate to
find full-time night shift work with insurance before my diagnosis. I
was a solo telephone operator at Philadelphia’s Graduate Hospital
responsible for assembling code, trauma, and operating room teams. I
drive a converted van (my third ) right from my wheelchair. I used
quiet moments at night to write and work on my award-winning disABILITY
resource web site at http://www.netreach.net/~abrejcha/ or http://disabilityhelper.org/ (first better as otherwise .org site keeps
showing in URL window). In terms of writing, I started with newspaper
and magazine work and my first three books were published in 2004 and
they & other work of mine is listed on my bibliography at
http://www.netreach.net/~abrejcha/biblio.htm (including links to
reprints). My employer of 27 years (23 in wheelchair) closed 2007 and I
was unable to find another accessible night shift job - necessary due
to my attendant care availability – but I was fortunate to get approved
for S.S.D. – admittedly happy to stop a 66 mile daily commute. Now I
write motivational pieces and some fiction and do peer counseling. I
was originally an art student at Philadelphia’s Temple U but M.S.
wrecked that, so I transferred to Psychology (part time as I worked as
a fast food restaurant manager). I was VP of Temple’s Psi Chi chapter
several years but when I started getting published (I missed
creativity) I dropped out when I got my full-time job. It was a great,
accessible, job for 27 years, but now, with my M.S. worse, I am happy
to use my voice-recognition to write.
Regards,
Alex
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P.S.; In terms of a picture, I’ve attached one taken while I was working.
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