Dream Job Come True!

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Hello everyone:

I have not been posting for quite a while. Lot of exciting stuff

happening on the research front.

To Gretchen: I know this was back a few months but thank you for that

write up on me on HNF. Sorry for the delayed thanks.

Now for my dream job. As some of you know CMT has placed me in a

wheelchair and unable to walk at all, and very weak forearms and

hands. So job prospects did not seem that great for me. However,

back in December 2003 I found a program called Career Assist Program

for People with Disabilites with my Provincial Government, Province of

Manitoba, Canada.

In July 2005 I started a 1 year term in the program working for one of

the largest departments (Transportation and Government Services, soon

to be Infrasture and Transportation) developing and maintaining their

public and internal web sites. In order to accomodate my disabilty,

my department provides me with a seperate laptop and secure internet

contection so that I can work 100% of the time from home. This helps

with fatigue because there is no travel, etc, plus flex time if I need

to lie down for 1/2 hour or so.

Now 1 year later I signed on with the department as a PERMENANT

employee, with full benefits, and pension. Permenant means even if my

position is no longer they must continue to pay equivilant and find me

a new position. I am not sure about other countries but in Canada

government jobs at any level tend to be golden.

However, this job came to me after 15 years of garbage jobs, long terms

of unemployment and plenty of education. But patiences rewards.

Now my next dreams, win the lotto and the biggest of all cure CMT and

walk again. My predicitions, lotto probably not, curing CMT most

definately!

Thanks for reading.

Take care