"Take nothing for granted."
That's the mantra of my former managing editor at the Republican-American in Waterbury, Conn. Bob had everything but his spirit and the love of his family taken from him three years ago when he suffered a stoke. He now has locked-in syndrome, a rare condition that leaves him unable to speak or to move anything but his eyes. Amazingly, he has found a way to communicate using a system of eye movements similar to the one used by Jean Dominique Bauby, a French magazine editor who also had locked-in syndrome. Bauby's autobiography was produced on-screen in the film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
See the movie. Read the book. Check out Bob's Web site, especially the New York Times feature about him that's posted there. (Click his picture.)
See the movie. Read the book. Check out Bob's Web site, especially the New York Times feature about him that's posted there. (Click his picture.)
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