Date:         Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:54:40 EST
Reply-To:     Trvlr2001@AOL.COM
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From:         John Carpenter <Trvlr2001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [NVC] Info Needed - dyslexia
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I can really appreciate your friends dilemma !
My religious parents made sure I went to church
every Sunday :o(
And, as a dyslexic,
It wasn't until I was 12 or 13,
that I finally realized that they really
didn't want me to worship a doG !!!???
After all, they are mans best friend :o)
JC...

>  Sorry for the NVC, but need help.
>
> I've a friend - male, 56,  dyslexic, slow learner handicap, two heart
> attacks, but a fabulous  jeweler and sculptor. Can't get work. Nobody
> wants to hire a 56 year  old who can't read.
>
> I'm trying to help somehow. Any  suggestions as to organizations I can
> contact, or art rep types that  might be interested in representing him
> to galleries, etc. would be  much appreciated. He went to the state
> re-hab office where they tested  him, put him through all the paces, then
> said to him , "Yep, you're  dyslexic, and have handicaps,. but we can't
> help ... your not retarded  as much as necessary to fit our profiles.!"
> What a  crock!
>
> Anyway, any help, suggestions, etc. at all would be  appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88  GL Driver
>