Born on 17 August 1939 in Ginaičiai, Raseiniai district. Died 2021 10 20
He attended Betygala Secondary School, but due to illness he was unable to attend it on his own. He initiated the Lithuanian Disabled Persons' Society, was its chairman in 1988-1991, and was chairman of the Lithuanian Council of Disabled Persons under the Government in 1992-1996. In 1990, together with Juozas Nekrošius and Juozas Šapoka, he founded "Bičiulystė", an official weekly reflecting the life of the disabled. He has written books in various genres, published in Lithuania and abroad. Composer Benjaminas Gorbulskis wrote the operetta "Adomas nenori būti Adomu" (Adomas does not want to be Adomas) based on his words (staged in 1982), and composer Rimvydas Racevičius wrote the oratorio "Septynios giesmės o životį medį" ("Seven Songs about the Tree of Life") (1985).