“Rucker is a gifted observer-humorist, unleashing a straight-arrow honesty and a vibrant, penetrating wit while probing the most intimate aspects of contemporary life and human behavior…” (Publisher Weekly)
Mr. Rucker lectures widely on the subject of living with disability. He is also a contributing editor to “New Mobility” magazine and the chairman of the Writers With Disabilities Committee at the WGA. He lives in LA with wife, Ann. They have two sons.
Since the day I became paralyzed for life fifteen years ago last month, I, like you, have railed against the stereotypes more or less thrusted on my new, now old, self. Obviously the ones I saw first grew out of my immediate experience. Out in the world, I was either ignored like an outcast or patronized and talked down to like an feeble-minded octogenarian. “Oh, dearie, let me hold that door for you?...Is that book too heavy for you? Let me carry it… You know, God only gives us what we can handle…By the way, you are doing a super job with this horrible thing!” Read More
