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Ian Ruder, Editor, Life in Action

Ian Ruder, Editor, Life in Action

Of all the obstacles and challenges I’ve faced since I was paralyzed, figuring out how to read and work in bed had been one of the most perplexing. I have some use of my arms, but with no control of my fingers and almost no trunk control, when you lay me on my back I’m about as functional as a fish out of water. At first I tried jerry-rigging a specially selected group of pillows. With a neck pillow angling my head properly, an armed back pillow propping me up and a stack of pillows supporting my book, I thought I had a genius plan. It was, until the book fell or my page turning aid slipped off my hand. Even when everything went right, it still took me and an attendant 10 minutes to get everything set up. Read the rest

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