Thomas lived 22 years with Freidreich’s Ataxia. A prize winning artist, and digital graphic designer with an encyclopedic knowledge of Star Trek minutia and Jeopardy style trivia, Thomas also had an encyclopedic understanding of loss; of the ability to walk or hold a pencil or a paint brush, to exercise control over his daily circumstances, of social contact and interaction imposed by the physical limitations of the progressively handicapping neuromuscular degeneration of Friedreich’s Ataxia.
MARCH 3, 1985 – JUNE 5, 2007