I’ve seen much disabled who live their life on a wheelchair. Most of them are the old folks but the younger ones are not any lesser. Sometimes I think about, what if one day I wake up with half of my body paralyzed, I can’t walk anymore and the wheelchair will be the companion for the rest of my life. I don’t see much disabled on wheelchair working in the traditional workplace. Any of my current skills can allow me to make a living after I have to say goodbye to my current active system administrator job?
Trading in the cryptocurrency
I’m picking up this skill starting from the June and so far it is profitable. Though I doubt most of the income were due to the rise of Bitcoin price. Trading online requires only a computer and internet access makes it the best option to work from home and of course, if you are good, create a generous amount of income.
Online business
Dropshipping is something I’m really interested these days. You don’t have to order a bunch of stock first to sell it online. Instead, you advertise for the supplier and forward them the orders, they will ship whatever base on the order directly to the clients. Though this is not new and the competition is somehow tight, choose the right niche and practice good strategy will grant you a better chance of success. Or you can join the Amazon FBA Private Label program to use their platform to sell your product. All you have to do is to send them the stock and they will do the rest for you from shipping to customer service.
Art
I could make use of my art skill to earn a living too. The most practical way will be teaching in a drawing class. Considering I can no longer move at my will easily, I can even choose to host the class at my house or somewhere nearby my place. Worse come to worse I can still perform street art, but it could be challenging for a disabled to carry a bunch of tools.
Those aforementioned are the way I could think of to continue my survival if I’m disabled. What is yours?
平时在外通勤时见过不少残障人士，坐着轮椅上下公交车。虽然多为年老力衰的老人，其中也不乏正当壮年的年轻人。新加坡的残障公共设施做得挺完善的，虽然帮不上什么忙，也尽量不为他们制造麻烦。
有时也想，他们如何寻找生计？除了政府福利团体和家人的资助外，他们有没有办法自己赚口饭吃？在职场中，或许是我见识少，似乎没见过有人能坐在轮椅上谋得一职。老人家就罢了，那些年轻人了还有很长的路要走。
自由行走对大多数人是自然的，但不是必然的。中学时期有个球友，彼此不大熟但是挺互相欣赏对方的球技。不久在他升学之际，从面子书听到有件惨事发生了在他的身上。那天他和女朋友共同乘搭长途巴士回家，在高速公路上巴士出车祸了，记得还造成了相当的人命伤亡。事发时球友用身体掩护了身旁的女友，女友毫发无伤，球友却脊椎受损下半身不遂了。半年后女方应该是承受不住压力和球友分开了，这些都是从报章上和朋友那边听回来的。虽然没有再联络，从朋友圈上可以看到他依然离不开轮椅，庆幸的是生活态度挺积极向上，还交了新女友，还是很不错的。
只是想起曾经活蹦乱跳的小伙子一夜之间就必须在轮椅上生活，还是有点不胜唏嘘。不禁想，要是有天醒来就半身不遂，需要依靠轮椅度过余生，有什么本事能够让我不出外求职的同时继续生存下去？
线上市场交易
在家进行网上交易是个不错的注意。交易本身只需要电脑和网际网络就可进行，前提是真的要有获利才可以帮补生计。近来加密货币市场交易已经慢慢上手，地域性搬砖也是这一阵子的主要外快来源，不断的开发新市场会有更大的收益潜力。但是很多的收益都是来自于几个月来比特币的价格暴升，我市场交易操作的水平相信体现不多，需要多多努力。
线上买卖
这是我最近开始向琢磨的方向，无商品的线上商店，就是个Dropshipping的概念。锁定某个市场，找好供应商，然后在网上卖相关商品，顾客下单后把单转给供应商，而供应商就直接把货寄给顾客。整个过程无需碰到实际商品，虽然这个早已不是什么新鲜idea，竞争也不小，但相信有心执行还是可行的。Amazon FBA Private Label program也是不错的方案，即是你找了一批货寄去Amazon，利用他们的平台做美国人的生意。从销售，客服，到售后都是由他们负责，你只需要提供货源。目前这是我最有兴趣的路子，就快实行。
绘画
我还过得去的绘画技术，怎么说都可以去开个儿童绘画班，赚个补习费。考虑到行动不便，可以在家附近找个地方开课，或是索性在家开办绘画中心也可。再不济也可以去街头描画人像，但是这个有点没有保障，而且坐着轮椅还要携带各种道具很不方便。有空之余也还可以画些时下流行的文化当作周边卖。虽然没在艺术这条路上赚过一分钱，但混个两餐应该还是可以的。
以上都是对我而言，适合在家即可创造盈利的方式，你又有什么妙招呢？
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