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Manfred Fischer – That's how he rolls

15.05.2019

Manfred Fischer demands the same respect and appreciation as everyone else for people with disabilities.Why the Austrian has not yet fulfilled his dream of the Easter Islands and which question the hobby astronomer would have liked to have answered, he tells at REHACARE.com.
Photo: Manfred Fischer; Copyright: Roland Froschauer

Name: Manfred Fischer
Age: 57
City: Ostermiething/Austria
Occupation: Journalist and sensitization trainer, hobby astronomer
Impairment: Due to a progressive neurological disease I have been a wheelchair user since 2002.

What makes you laugh?

Manfred Fischer: Some situations of the US sitcom "Big Bang Theory"

What have you always been wanting to do and why have you never done this so far?

Manfred Fischer: I've wanted to travel to Easter Island in the middle of the Pacific for a long time, but I'm afraid of the long flights and the long travel time.

Which person has influenced you most? And why?

Manfred Fischer: There is more than just one person: Conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter for example and physicist Stephen Hawking, because he never gave up.

You have the chance to become the Commissioner for the Disabled. What would you do first?

Manfred Fischer: I would advocate a revision of the Austrian Federal Disability Act and have it drafted by experts concerned.

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Photo: Portrait of Manfred Fischer; Copyright: Roland Froschauer

As a hobby astronomer, Manfred Fischer always has the sky in mind. But he would also like to experience the other perspective and look at the earth from the moon station.

What is especially near and dear to you?

Manfred Fischer: Disabled people should receive the same respect and appreciation as everyone else.

I would like to be...

Manfred Fischer: ... an astronaut on the moon.

Which question would you like answered the most?

Manfred Fischer: What was before the Big Bang?

What I finally want to say...

Manfred Fischer: It is not our feet that move us, it is our thinking.

Grafik: So tickt; Copyright: beta-web/Schmitz

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