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 Janine M. Lodato P.O.Box 838 SAN ANDREAS, CA. 95249-0838 ~|__ ( o )\_ SHARE 
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I have many years of personal experience using AT and found it very helpful in SPMS (secondary progressive multiple sclerosis) conditions as described below in a brief review of my personal experiences.
In addition to my extensive experience with AT, I also have related graduate credentials from both California State Univ at Northridge (the center for AT corporate interactions) as well as CSU in Sacramento and UOP in Stockton.
To compensate for a total loss of motor skills due to Multiple Sclerosis (MS), I have focused on the development and performance of mental tasks. I write articles. I create books, I play Scrabble all with the help of my caregiver hero husband Laszlo. We watch DVD movies and documentaries from Netflix, a great service indeed, and listen to magazines and books on tape provided by the Library of Congress, another worthwhile service to people with disability, delivered at no charge then we discuss the content of these.
I am absolutely sure I am avoiding the onset of cognitive problems, dementia and Alzheimer's. I firmly believe that using my brain in activities requiring the mind will continue to keep me productive in spite of my severe physical disability. My husband even jokes that I am causing him to develop dementia because I remember all the phone numbers, all the names, all the activities in which we have participated, so he gives himself permission to forget such information.
There are things I can still do such as think, talk, observe, feel, react, compose: all mental functions. I have been forced to concentrate on the mind oriented activities.
People around me marvel at how I seem so normal, even though I am very physically limited I am also very mentally active. Yes, I have a disability, but my mind and emotions still work fine, maybe even better thanks to my husband's efforts to keep me involved.
My husband reminds me frequently that "no one is disabled when on the Internet, when one interacts via the Web". So I use him as my VoxBot (voice robot) and KeyBot (a keyboard robot) when I want something quick via the Web.
I am the luckiest person on the face of the earth, as Lou Gehrig so appropriately announced in his farewell speech, that I am surrounded by the support of my hero husband, my family and my friends and they all appreciate my mind and ignore my physical disability.
Janine M. Lodato
P.O.Box 838
SAN ANDREAS, CA.
95249-0838
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Friday, September 26, 2008
Caregivers, a large voting block There are 50 million informal caregivers (family and friends) in the USA. They attend to the 100 million people in need of caregiving. Both the caregivers and the care recipients need political support by a politician with courage and foresight who should serve as the next President. Of course, the small businesses who employ caregivers would also support suc
Friday, September 26, 2008Caregivers, a large voting block There are 50 million informal caregivers (family and friends) in the USA. They attend to the 100 million people in need of caregiving. Both the caregivers and the care recipients need political support by a politician with courage and foresight who should serve as the next President. Of course, the small businesses who employ caregivers would also support suc
