Monday, November 8, 2004

Sleepy Disabled Lady Receives Awards for Her Writing

Sleepy Disabled Lady Receives Awards for Her Writing

Eva Moffat, a disabled Narcoleptic lady, receives awards for her writing. Eva has problems staying awake because of her having had Narcolepsy for more than 44 years. She was a founder member of the Narcolepsy Association.

Manchester England (PRWEB) February 21, 2006

Eva Moffat, a disabled Narcoleptic lady, receives awards for her writing. Eva has problems staying awake because of her having had Narcolepsy for over 44 years. She was a founder member of the Narcolepsy Association.

She also has mobility problems after breaking her neck in a car crash in South Africa in 1993. But she sits at her computer and writes health related articles for which she has received several awards.

Eva a 66-year-old lady living in Manchester England has written several articles mostly health related. These articles are being published all over the web. Three publishers have awarded her Expert Author status. She has always had an interest in anything health related and was a nurse in the early 1970’s.

Since 2002 she has been writing Community News as a Community Correspondent (her official title) although Eva quips, “Unofficially I’m the local nosey parker” for The Advertiser a Free Weekly Newspaper being distributed throughout North and East Manchester. Because of her disability, she receives her information by phone and email, plus her own surfing of the Internet checking out local Community Portals.

Due to her often falling asleep while sat at her computer, she finds it takes her so much longer to write her articles. But Elizabeth Foster a Journalist for the Eastern Province Herald in South Africa when she wrote about Eva in the 1980’s said, “If Eva Moffat did not keep falling asleep, what more could she have done with her life?”

She used to attend bi-monthly seminars organised by Dr Syed Abidi of the British Ethnic Health Awareness Foundation BEHAF) http://www. behaf. org. uk (http://www. behaf. org. uk) (Dr Abidi was recently awarded Asian Jewel Award of Excellence 2006) but her worsening mobility problems have prevented her from attending these Seminars for the past year. Dr Abidi has kindly kept her up to date with what has happened at the seminars, so she is able to write something in her Column in the Advertiser telling her readers highlights of the Seminar eg who was the Guest Speaker and his or her input into the Seminar. She also makes sure to tell her readers the date of the next Seminar and what subjects will be the Topics and who will be presenting them.

For the past two years Eva has been voted ‘Journalist of The Year’ by BEHAF. Also she has been nominated for Media Personality of 2006 by BEHAF. This is because of her unstinting contribution on a voluntary basis to the successful attendance at the Seminars.

Eva is also a voluntary article Contributor to BEHAF. Her health related articles can be found under ‘Latest News’ on http://www. behaf. org. uk (http://www. behaf. org. uk)

Eva is well known locally as she used to attend Workshops, Seminars and exhibitions when she took her three-wheeled walker for a walk. Unfortunately, even with her walker she now finds walking is getting too painful and has had to curtail several of her activities. She has been approved for a wheelchair, but is still housebound while the powers that be get around to fixing a ramp outside her home.

Being involved in Voluntary work, she is on the committee of several organisations. At meetings when volunteers are wanted for a particular project, Eva’s hand is one of the first to go up. Quite often she puts up her hand before giving it any thought. One of her favourite sayings is, ‘If you want something doing, ask a busy person.’

She is Editor of a monthly Newsletter ‘It’s A Question of Health’ that aims to answer questions about Health. Subscription is free and to join please send an Email to Eva.

Eva’s motto is ‘Challenges are for overcoming.’ And she has to overcome many challenges on a daily basis. All she wants is to be able to live independently for as long as possible.

For further information about Eva she can be contacted on:-

Ms Eva Moffat

Web Address: http://www. weight-loss-4-you. com (http://www. weight-loss-4-you. com)
Tel: 0161 740 0353

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