Somebody once posted a site where you could go and try to get a job as a disabled person working from home. It seemed like the IRS was the primary employer, but it didn't look feasible in my situation. It may, however, work out for you.
I have lost the link, but perhaps the person who put it on here might do so again. I believe it might have been KK, but it has been quite a while. Q On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 7:21 PM, LTeasley <[email protected]> wrote: > hi Joan, > I saved your response from the question I sent you earlier. I've been > trying to think of a way to express how impressed I am. Then I get this. > Joan, you blow me away! I turned 47 on the 14th of December, and I have > had such a struggle with what to do now. Having only been a quad for just > over three years, and waiting tables or working in an in-home childcare > center prior to my accident, I have no idea where to turn. Alot of people in > my life suggest going to school, which I have not done now for 25 1/2 > years. I was registered to start for the first time in 22 years one month > after my accident. The field I was looking into going to school for, does > not seem even remotely appealing, nor do I think it would any longer be a > good fit for me. I would like to look into something that might be recession > proof, but what is these days? friends mentioned that I should go into > volunteer work, but that doesn't pay. How do you do what you do? I'm scared > as hell to get out there in the big bad world. In between a nonexistent > family, and PCAs that don't show up on time in the morning, or sometimes at > all, I'd never be able to get ready for class or work. What's a kid to do, > eh? > Lucinda > C-45 complete? > July 31,' 05. > Minneapolis, Minnesota > > > > When I was first injured I applied for a service dog, and they told me they > had never trained a dog for my level. They suggested that I train my own > dog, but as you all know the first couple of years is usually taken up with > learning how to live in our new bodies-and mindset too. > My youngest daughter was only 15, and we were into showing horses, so that > is what we did for four years. Then life just took over, I designed and had > a house built for myself-luckily my family could do it, so labor was free. > I > had sold my original house, so I was able to finance the new house with a > mortgage. > I have worked hard at developing a support system for myself, and as I get > older it is hard to maintain it but so far I have been very fortunate. My > daughter lives in my old house but I do try not to use her for my personal > care as I learned very early on that it is hard to maintain a mother > daughter relationship when your daughter is your personal care giver. But > she does help out when necessary. > I have always been an active-some would say pushy-person, and I still am. I > had four mentally retarded young men/boys living with me when I broke my > neck. 18 years later, I still have two of them, and we help each other out, > I am very good at walking people through problems verbally, and they are > very good at following my directions. It definitely works for us. > I volunteer at my grandchildren's school-love working with > kindergartners-and that make sure that I stay involved with young people, > which for me is exhilarating. I am active and serve on two local > organizations as a board member, and have been asked to give some speeches > to local volunteer organizations. > We still have three horses, a greenhouse, five acres to try to maintain, so > I do not run out of projects to do. As my mother in law always said-Joan, > if > you would stop thinking we would all have less work to do. One day, I am > sure my mind will shut down or at least slow down, and they will all have > less work to do. > This has been my way of coping with the devastation of a spinal cord > injury, > each of you have shown so many other ways to cope, and I am so impressed > with the quality of life that all of you on the quad list have achieved for > yourself, that it inspires me to keep on going. > There I go again-motor mouth-good thing I use speech recognition :-) Joan > -----Original Message----- > From: Merrill [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 11:36 AM > To: 'William Willis' > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [QUAD-L] Service Dog Life > > My first service dog came to me through an organization. Years after > she passed on I was turned down for a successor dog because they thought > at C5 I was too sick. So, I thought if I treat my puppy as a service > dog, with lots of work and training that in time she would become one. > > > > With my physical limitations getting rewards fast enough was impossible > so the clicker training technique worked well for us. I was surprised > to what a good dog my golden had become even though she was not the > class act as my first dog. > > > > Do you live mostly indoors confined to mostly your dg's company? My > health is not what it was, and at times I do feel that I am not > satisfying all her needs. Last month this family cared for her for > several weeks. Wonderful people. They had given my dog such care I > never could which has made my dog so very happy. > > > > My point to all of this is I am interested in how active you are and if > you too are shut indoors most of the day? I am feeling so self centered > taking her back now that it is time for her to return because I cannot > compete to her life with a really family much more active than I. Do > you believe that it is true I am all she wants? Do you have a strong > family or supportive people around you which helps not being > restrictive? Was the service dog organization right in their judgment > of me in your mind? > > > > Merrill > > > > > > > > From: William Willis [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 9:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: FW: [QUAD-L] Exercise > > > > > Joan, you are one tough cookie. I am a c-5 and I don't think I have > anything near your gumption and zest. Hang tough and God bless. Willis > > > > > ________________________________ > > > Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:04:32 -0500 > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Exercise > > Way to go Joan! > > Dan > > > At 11:33 PM 12/21/2008, Joan Anglin said something that elicited my > response: > > > > > > Lucinda > I am a C4 complete. October 1990, fell off scaffolding in my barn. > Shoulder shrug is it. I have had to have three tracheotomies, but > fortunately for me I was able to get off of each trach within a couple > of weeks. > I have an omega trac wheelchair, very powerful even if it is not very > fast, and have not tipped myself over since I bought it. It has given me > a very confident and safe lifestyle, especially now that I have a German > shepherd puppy-now eight months who is already helping me out. She can > open most doors, is very calm in stores, loves children and will sit to > shake hands with them without command, and of course she is a great > conversation opening. > I have always been an independent person, and really enjoy getting out > by myself. With my cell phone, Elfie my German shepherd, and my omega > trac Im good to go. We have joined a German shepherd Schaeferhunde > Gruppe (in a former life I trained German shepherds in Germany, and I am > very much looking forward to taking Elfie through her SchH1 degree in a > couple of years. However, I will be the first one to admit that it is a > whole bunch more difficult training a dog when you cannot use your arms. > She has had to learn to step up on my wheelchair to get a treat from my > mouth. I am now working with the silent whistle as my whistle left me > when I broke my neck. J > Sorry to go on. I am just very excited about all the things that seem to > be happening in my life. I'll be 70 next April, and we are trying very > hard to get me certified to go scuba diving in Honduras. Everyone around > me scuba dives, and now I figure it's my turn. Have a great day. Joan > > From: LTeasley [ mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] > > Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 2:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Exercise > > Joan, > what level is your injury? using a chin control suggests pretty high, > but with your prior talk of going around the property, i thought > somewhat low. regardless, it sounds courageous. > lucinda > c45 complete? > july 31, '05 > mpls., mn > > --- On Sun, 12/21/08, Joan Anglin <[email protected]: > > From: Joan Anglin <[email protected]>> > Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Exercise > To: "'Merrill'" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 12:00 PM > > Ouch, the suspender idea could be very uncomfortable? Of course, my > solution for the quad gut is a bodysuit, which is not uncomfortable for > me, but is difficult for my attendants. I?ve gotten so used to it that I > feel uncomfortable without it. And I agree with Lori, that one of the > biggest problems it is my butt spreading sideways. LOLI still wear a > size 10, but I definitely hang over the 16 inch cushion. Oh well, it > could be worse. > > As far as exercise, my greatest achievement is successfully blowing the > hair out of my eyes. Seriously, although I cannot do more than a > shoulder shrug, I really bounce myself around just going around the > property. So I guess that would qualify as exercise. I still do shoulder > exercises with my arm in a sling suspended from the ceiling, I?ve never > gotten any return, but my neck and shoulder muscles are still quite > strong. I do not use a headrest, since I use a chin control I did not > want to be smacked in the mouth by a chin controller and on the back of > the head by a headrest, and that has helped to keep my neck muscles > strong. > > Those of you in the northeast states stay warm. It?s been cold here, but > for the most part sunny, with highs in the low twenties. We finally got > snow several days ago, and it is still hanging around, but nothing like > the northeast states-thank goodness. > > I hope everybody has a great day Joan > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/> > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1860 - Release Date: > 12/21/2008 3:08 PM > > > > ________________________________ > > It's the same HotmailR. If by "same" you mean up to 70% faster. Get your > account now. > <http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_bro > ad1_122008> > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1861 - Release Date: 12/22/2008 > 11:23 AM > > > -- Quadius C2-3 incomplete 13 years post injury
