Tuesday, October 14, 2008

The Unspeakable Odyssey of the Motionless Boy

On the night of November 5, 1999, a young boy named Erik Ramsey was on his way home with a friend, when they were in a terrible car crash. Erik's friend managed to escape, but with a chunk of metal in his skull. Firefighters had to pry Erik out of the wreck with the Jaws of Life. Eric was 16 at the time. The article is mainly about finding ways to communicate for people with Locked-In syndrome, but also about Erik's life. Electronic recievers implanted in his brain help him to be able to pronounce words, and medical advances are still being made to help people basically hear the thoughts of a victim of being Locked-In.

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