Lai Sheng-Kai remains optimistic in face of severe spinal injury

Six years ago, Lai Sheng-Kai graduated from the Dept. of Electronic Engineering at Lan Yang Institute of Technology. However, after a car accident in which he suffered a severe spinal injury, he was left physically disabled and is now strongly reliant on a wheelchair for mobility. The accident came as a huge blow to him and has resulted in massive changes to his life. Fortunately, his mother and father have stood by his side through this time of great upheaval, his mother helping him with physical rehabilitation therapy and his father taking early retirement to lend a helping hand. Lai Sheng-Kai’s own indomitable spirit, coupled with such loving care from his parents has allowed him accept the situation and get used to his new life in a wheelchair. However, with his physical disability, Lai Sheng-Kai has faced continual work rejections and in the words of Lai, “looking for a job was like banging my head against a brick wall”. Fortunately, through the A-Bao Education Foundation, Lai Sheng-Kai finally found a work opening, and by working from home – SOHO – doing typesetting work, he has finally found some light at the end of the tunnel.

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Lai Sheng-Kai remains optimistic in face of severe spinal injury (by CJ yilan330525)
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脊髓損傷不良於行，賴聖凱樂觀進取懷抱希望。 ( 宜蘭在地生活)

六年前剛從蘭陽技術學院電子系畢業的賴聖凱，因為一場車禍，造成脊髓嚴重損傷，導致不良於行，必須仰賴輪椅代步。這個突如其來的意外帶給他很大的打擊，也改變了他的生活，但是由於有爸媽的堅定支持，媽媽陪伴他作復健、爸爸為了他提早退休，加上賴聖凱本身的堅強意志，賴聖凱逐漸調整心情，適應仰賴輪椅的生活模式。身心障礙讓他在求職時到處碰壁，最後在阿寶教育基金會的介紹，他以「居家就業」的方式，也就是soho族，在家從事電腦排版工作，也積極從事復健。

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