About Me
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
Rob Plaskas is an Inspirational Speaker, Author, and Advocate about his memoir called “My Fight for Recovery: A Story of Overcoming Life-Threatening Brain Surgery.” He has been a Special Projects Coordinator in the communication department for the Illinois General Assembly since 2004. Rob is valued by his co-workers and friends. With his
Rob Plaskas is an Inspirational Speaker, Author, and Advocate about his memoir called “My Fight for Recovery: A Story of Overcoming Life-Threatening Brain Surgery.” He has been a Special Projects Coordinator in the communication department for the Illinois General Assembly since 2004. Rob is valued by his co-workers and friends. With his learning disability, he labored hard to get his Associate’s in Science degree from Waubonsee Community College, his Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from Illinois State University, and his Master’s degree in Human Services from the University of Illinois Springfield. Rob loves to go to sporting events, concerts, and traveling. He likes to socialize with friends and acquaintances. He is obsessed playing fantasy football with his friends. Born in Oswego, Illinois with a loving family and close friends, Rob now resides in Springfield, Illinois with his dog's Maggie and Waylon. He attends and volunteers at Westside Christian Church.
ABOUT
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
Rob's story is about his recovery from a brain hemorrhage bleed during brain surgery when he was seventeen years old. The hemorrhage bleed caused the equivalent of a major stroke, leaving him unable to speak, write, read, comprehend, and left him with right-sided paralysis. It caused severe damage to his short-term memory and made him dep
Rob's story is about his recovery from a brain hemorrhage bleed during brain surgery when he was seventeen years old. The hemorrhage bleed caused the equivalent of a major stroke, leaving him unable to speak, write, read, comprehend, and left him with right-sided paralysis. It caused severe damage to his short-term memory and made him dependent on anti-seizure medicine. His recovery shows how some survivors of severe brain injuries can recover and have a productive life if they work hard at their physical, speech, cognitive, and emotional therapies and believing in God.
Some would label Rob as disabled, while others may call him a victim. Truth be told, he is a survivor and a fighter. His presentation is his first-hand account of the tragedy and terror he experienced, who he was, and what he has become. Over time he learned to confront his circumstances and embrace his new reality. He found courage and strength to reinvent himself and charted his own path to succeed in his new life.
Being an Inspirational Speaker, Rob wants to help others by telling his recovery story to give audience's hope they too can succeed in their life despite their problems and issues they have.
My religious page is on 155 of my memoir.