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.
- 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.
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