A little help goes a long way…
In my hometown, I grew up with a family whose youngest son had cerebral palsy. He was similar to Melissa in this youtube clip, in that he iwas a really smart young man, with an incredible sense of humour, and yet he could hardly speak in an understandable way. His mother and brother could understand key words and know what he was talking about, yet most other people never could understand him. When he was able to begin using assistive technologies to write emails and communicate, it was as if he had been given new life. He would write emails with the funniest stories of being trapped in his body with people assuming he couldn’t understand a word they said, his sense of humour in the toughest of situations was amazing. After having seen how his world was opened up by the use of assistive technologies I can only imagine the possibilities for many children like him, who are being educated in a totally new way thanks to technology. Watch this video, it truly is inspiring!
