“He couldn't work, as such, but needed to flex himself somehow in ways that felt like work, he thought. Lacking credentials and sight he could not teach, for example. Even reading a cold-call script would be out, although he'd heard of a resourceful blind man who went to the social security office and suggested, "Give me either a job or just my damned check," and received the former, skillfully handling mediation assignments.” DisabilityMacgyvering Up A LifeMaking LemonadeReverse Engineering A Life Book:In the Country of the Blind Source: In the Country of the Blind