- Got a PhD in philosophy
- Worked in various wordsmithing jobs (librarian, editor, magazine science writer, and freelance writer for computer magazines)
- Worked at Adobe (maker of Acrobat and Photoshop) for 15 years. I was a technical writer for them, working on the user manuals and their user interfaces.
- I loved words and writing and communicating.
- It struck when I was sleeping
- In 2008; I was 58
- I couldn't walk, write, or talk
- I volunteered for 8 years at the rehab department at Palomar Hospital
- My new full-time job is recovery and helping others recover
- I still love words and writing and communicating
- pics of my stroke rehab
- Check out my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/DaveValiulis.
My talks, presentations, etc.
- I am interviewed by Rachel Smith for her 2017 podcast about leaning English..
- I made a mask for the Unmasking Brain Injury project.
- In 2016, I participated in an online teaching tool for SLPs called SimuCase.
- a talk I gave about motivation at the speech clinic at Cal State University at San Marcos, March 2016.
- a talk I gave in Dec.2014 about "4 Things My Aphasia Taught Me"
- my talk and slides presented to the 2013 annual convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association.
- a 2013 talk I gave for a fundraiser for Stroke Camp. I was introduced by my sister. You can read the text here or see a video of it here.
- my short speech given to the annual meeting of the California Speech-Hearing Assoc. to accept the Distinguished Consumer Award, where a video about me was shown.
- a talk about my apraxia and a video of me practicing it.
- a presentation about my aphasia and the 2013 version of it
- my 2012 talk presented to Family Medicine Residency Program, UCSD School of Medicine.
- a 2012 online article interviewing me about ESL videos and rehab.
- my 2015 version of the same talk
- and my husband's caregiver-perspective at the 2012 event
- the second talk in given to the “Communicative Disorders” class in 2011.
- an outline of my first talk given to the “Communicative Disorders” class at University of California, San Diego in 2010.