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AN ADVICE COLUMN WRITTEN BY A COMPLEX QUADRIPLEGIC

Waddup! So, after twenty years of chronic disability a lot of people have helped me on my path. From doctors to friends, from counsellors to support staff, everyone has been so kind. And, honestly, it’s not like I feel indebted, I mean much of the help I’ve received, there hasn’t been much choice in it. Still, I’ve always wanted to give back to the world in some way. Pay it forward as they say. And as such, here we find ourselves.

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Mark is a writer at heart, with his eyes on a career as an advertising copywriter. A published author, an advice columnist, he also studies marketing and creative writing at university. A certified life coach, marketing consultant and very active blogger. On a more personal note, Mark advocates for both adversity and chronic illness; stemming from his own twenty-year battle with quadriplegia. He is wheelchair-bound, non-verbal, has a tracheostomy tube and is 24/7 ventilator dependant. His dream is to one day get better and ride a bicycle around Australia,

This experience forms the foundation of Adversity Answered, Mark’s core project aimed at helping others both understand and overcome adversity.