Ableman, Spokes

Ed Hooper started writing when he was in Vietnam, composing mostly poetry. He has been writing about disability ever since he came to accept his own some thirty-six years ago. He has published more than one hundred articles and poems on both the disability experience and a variety of other subjects. He is married with two children and two young grandchildren.

In "Don't Push Me", he discusses the many issues surrounding people living with disabilities using his alter ego, Spokes Ableman, to both lighten the tone and speak with uninhibited directness.