Diamonds

Mark Smith has his latest installment up over at Powerchair Diaries.

Teaser:

I’ve long had a friend who has spina bifida and has worked on Wall Street for a decade, earning well into six figures – that is, until he was laid off last fall in the economic shakedown. The day after he got his pink slip, he called me, despondent about the situation. He had a wife, three kids, two homes, and three cars, with some savings, but not much. “Everyone I know is out of work and looking for a job – and they don’t have a disability,” he explained to me. “How am I going to find another job in this economy, with the disadvantage of a wheelchair strapped to my butt?”