As I was finishing up a recent interview with the host of “FSHD Radio: Straight Talk with Tim Hollenback,”…
Robin Stemple
Rob Stemple is a lifelong advocate for people with disabilities. He was diagnosed with FSHD in 1971 at age 14. Rob struggled with its’ affects for over 50 years. He lost his eyesight in a devastating crash with a drunk driver. Rob has been a special education teacher, director of a nonprofit organization serving the blind and a newspaper columnist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Wendy, where they both enjoy hanging out with their kids and grandkids. Rob is a musician, composer, and recording artist. His theory of life is, “Do the best you can with what you’ve got to work with!”
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Articles by Robin Stemple
Last week, my wife, Wendy, and I finally got around to starting the process of purchasing a new mattress. We…
Over the past couple months, I’ve shared my decision to try physical therapy in an attempt to slow the…
In a column I wrote last month, I talked about finally deciding to try some physical therapy, despite…
Regular readers of my column will know that my wife, Wendy, and I moved from Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to…
In my last column, I wrote about the increasing difficulties I’m having safely navigating my home using the “furniture…
I had an incident about a month ago that I’ve been thinking about ever since. It’s left me wondering if…
I received an overwhelming response to my last column, in which I grappled with feelings of uselessness when my…
As I write this column, my wife, Wendy, is undergoing abdominal surgery. I won’t go into details, but it’s a…
I’m reading “Eyes to the Wind: A Memoir of Love and Death, Hope and Resistance” by Ady Barkan,…