02.21.08 5:00 AM CST
• The Advisor
• Chip Rowe
Eric Thomas of Flint, Michigan shared this photo of himself with a couple of babes. He writes, “I thought this to be a great picture for the magazine. I call it ‘playboy on wheels’ -- which is me. I’m paralyzed from the neck down but still get down.” Thomas was injured in 1997 after being hit in the neck by a stray bullet from a drive-by shooting while he was attending college. The Advisor gets a few letters each month from disabled male readers who are discouraged and wonder how they can meet women. The advice we provide is the same we would tell anyone – you have to get out there and do things you enjoy, so you can meet people who share your interests. Thomas goes out on the town just about every night of the week. He’s also busy writing a movie script, promoting local hip-hop bands, hosting an Internet radio show called “The Miz” and speaking to newly disabled people to encourage them to keep on getting on. In the future, we’ll offer Eric as an example to other disabled readers who write looking for encouragement.
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"In the future, we’ll offer Eric as an example to other disabled readers who write looking for encouragement."
That's an excellent idea, and wouldn't it be a good idea, too, to offer a "revisited" feature on your July 1987 pictorial subject Ellen Stohl? (She has her own Web site at http://www.ellenstohl.com .)