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All2009Stories Posted: 05-15-2009 6:00 PM

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Having MS, Parkinsons, Hepatitis C, severe loss of eye-sight and hearing, and a great many other physical disabilities, I thought I was going to have to stop doing my many charities and volunteer work.

I am the lead facilitator for the "Richard Tucher Memorial Hepatitis C Support Network, the co-facilitator and tech support for the Wenatchee Area MS Self-help Support Group, I am either the creator or Admin for 5 support groups on Facebook, and a great many other places online, with over 25,000 members just on Facebook alone. I have been the lead volunteer for the Womens Resource Centers Food-bank for 12 years.

Losing my ability to type because of my dis-abilities, and losing my sight to the degree that I have I thought my life as a support resource was going to end.

Thanks to Dragon I have been able to keep up with all of these duties, even with all my dis-abilities.

At one point in my own life I was at the point of ending my own life due to the depression caused by the treatment for my Hepatitis C. Without the support provided by others online I would not be here to be a support resource to others. Dragon has allowed me to keep up with all of this even when my MS is acting up, I cant move my fingers to the correct key on the keyboard because of the Parkinsons and more

Thanks to this wonderful program it has allowed me to provide support to a great many people who otherwise would not have any type of support. People who have no family, friends or anyone in their lives that understands where they are in their lives. I have been able to provide education to thousands of people and support to thousands of others all because of Dragon.

Thank you Dragon and I do speak for more than myself, about 24,999 others....... 

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Dave Lane replied on 06-15-2009 11:47 AM

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Dear MS Friend:
       My name is Dave Lane and I am a co-facilitator of the Fort Myers Florida MS Evening Support Group [NMSSF EG].
        I am a 62-year-old male who has been dealing
with the effects of a MS since 1986. As I used to live in Ohio I was able to be involved with The Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and I was one of the 176
clients that were involved in the original Avonex
study group and since then I was on Copaxone
for six years and now I have been on Tysabri.
Since 2001 I have been wheelchair bound and I
have a Barrier Free Lift that helps my caregiver
to move me from the hospital bed to the bathroom
or shower and back to the bedroom to get dressed
and then moved into the power wheelchair. I am
blessed living in Lee County Florida because of
the ADA legislation every city bus is accessible and Lee County has a separate division called Passport that has 50 smaller buses that operate
to supply service to the disabled community
that live within 3/4 of a mile of the fixed bus route system. And with our cost of the trip is $2.50 each leg of the trip week I receive a wonderful value.
         I have been trying to use DNS when it was first introduced and then I purchased version 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 I skipped version 6 then I purchased version 7 and was pleasantly surprised when I learned to use it well and then when version 8 and 9 continued to be developed and now to use DNS version 10 system people with hand disabilities could benefit this tool to help them communicate with the world.
          Thank you for your continued support to the community.
Dave Lane