How living with a disability "exposes the big lie in American health care...that investing in acute care somehow reduces the need for rehab and broad social accommodations"
I used to listen to John Hockenberry on NPR a lot - he was one of my favorite newscasters. Of course, being radio, I had never seen him. I forget what the situation was, but in some newscast he spoke about being in a wheelchair. I had never thought of that - my default image of a voice on the radio was that they walked. But of course that wasn't necessarily so. I haven't heard about him in years, and have wondered what he's up to.
I first found out about John Hockenberry through his book Moving Violations and recently discovered his blog "Blogenberry" . He writes about covering the war while reporting from a wheelchair in his book - quite interesting! (I also learned from his book never to put anything hot on my lap - he describes a very painful incident of burning himself since he didn't have sensation in his legs. )
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I used to listen to John Hockenberry on NPR a lot - he was one of my favorite newscasters. Of course, being radio, I had never seen him. I forget what the situation was, but in some newscast he spoke about being in a wheelchair. I had never thought of that - my default image of a voice on the radio was that they walked. But of course that wasn't necessarily so. I haven't heard about him in years, and have wondered what he's up to.
I first found out about John Hockenberry through his book Moving Violations and recently discovered his blog "Blogenberry" . He writes about covering the war while reporting from a wheelchair in his book - quite interesting! (I also learned from his book never to put anything hot on my lap - he describes a very painful incident of burning himself since he didn't have sensation in his legs. )
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