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A Door To The World

Nov 02, 2005 at 12:00 am by deemarie


When one has a disability, one can feel very much isolated and alone. For more than 15 years I suffered from very severe migraine headaches, where I was debilitated for most of the time. I could not even commit to volunteer work, let alone handle the responsibilities of a job. Strange as it may seem, I could handle the light from the computer so long as the pain from my migraine was under control with medication. I joined Renderosity the beginning of 2001 and suddenly realized that there were a lot of other people out there who had interests in common with mine. I was not one for chat rooms. I was always a doer and the migraines made me feel unproductive. Suddenly I could not only communicate with others, but share with them as well. Soon after, I started to write for Renderosity, and it gave me a wonderful direction. Even though I had been posting my artwork and writing graphic software reviews and tutorials since about 1990 on my own web sites, Renderosity gave me an interaction with so many people. I wrote for a few years and, then, took a break from writing for a while. I have been back for almost a year writing again for the Renderosity Front Page News team, fortunately with only sporadic migraine headaches, but I will never forget that had it not been for Renderosity, I would have floundered in my isolation. This past year, my husband and I went to Nashville Tennessee and met part of the Rosity team. It was very exciting to put faces with names and know that these people exist. It was also great to get to know them and know how nice they are. The same is true for other Rosity members. My communications have gone beyond the computer, to the phone all across the United States. I know there are many other members of this community who possibly, though disabilities, found the computer and, then, Renderosity to be very important entities in their lives. If Renderosity has become important in your life, please share your story with others in the "Opinion" section below.
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  • The Paula Sander's Report is a regular Renderosity Front Page featured column, where Paula investigates and comments on graphic software, techniques, and other relevant material through her reviews, tutorials, and general articles.
November 7, 2005
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