Gerhard - That´s How He Rolls

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10/03/2010

 
Gerhard Bartz © private

Name: Gerhard Bartz
Age: 59
City: Mulfingen-Hollenbach, Germany
Occupation: Retiree / Chairman of ForseA e.V.
Handicap: Wheelchair bound due to polio (infantile paralysis) at nine months

REHACARE.de talked to Gerhard Bartz, a capable counterpart in the matter of self-determined assistance in Germany, about happiness, his desires and very personal moments.

REHACARE.de: What makes you get up in the morning?
Gerhard Bartz: I get up for me. I love early mornings.

REHACARE.de: What is your favorite place and why?
Gerhard Bartz: The morning sun in the garden. As long as the others are still sleeping, the phone is quiet.

REHACARE.de: Who or what impresses you?
Gerhard Bartz: I am impressed, if a person still can and wants to get to the bottom of a problem. The surface is far too populated already.

REHACARE.de: What is your most valuable possession?
Gerhard Bartz: Materially speaking my house, non-tangibly speaking my life experience and the experience I gained from years of counseling work.

REHACARE.de: What are you fed up with?
Gerhard Bartz: With a society that tells disabled people that the UN-Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has already been implemented and that they can’t afford anything more.

REHACARE.de: What makes you relax the most?
Gerhard Bartz: When gathering privately but not talking about disabilities.

REHACARE.de: What makes you happy?
Gerhard Bartz: When with my co-operation somebody was “saved“ from having to go to a home or saved from a refusal of fulfillment of demand.

REHACARE.de: Is there something you should throw away, but won’t?
Gerhard Bartz: Many, many books.

 
There are still people who appreciate the worth of books; © SXC

REHACARE.de: Name three things that make for a fulfilled life!
Gerhard Bartz: To be happy would be enough for me.

REHACARE.de: When was the last time you felt blown away by something?
Gerhard Bartz: By the many sincere condolences at the passing of my wife in 2008.

REHACARE.de: What questions would you like to know the answer to?
Gerhard Bartz: Where is my wife?
When will “society“ allow disabled people to have equal rights?

REHACARE.de: When was the last time you felt like hiding from something?
Gerhard Bartz: When my employer sold my department and me after 36 years of service to a service provider.

REHACARE.de: What makes a person rich?
Gerhard Bartz: Well being, happiness and friends.

Translated by Elena O'Meara.