Dave,

You have a lot of good skills and have done a nice job of inventorying and evaluating them and organizing them for presentation here. I don't really have any specific ideas as to what direction you should take with these skills, but have you considered using vocational rehabilitation? If you have questions about that, my husband is a vocational rehabilitation counselor, and I could put you in touch with him. He's registered on this board too as stargazer if you would like to PM him directly.

Some of the things that this service can offer include providing treatment for your disability, evaluation of your skills and your plans and information or advice on what you might be able to do with it, additional training, and funding for setting up your own business or assistance finding employment. It's a state funded service that a lot of people don't know enough about.

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