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Howard Weeks, a 29-year-old Briton, overcame incredible odds to write a book about his life using solely eye movements, daily.afisha.ru reports with reference to the BBC.
In 2011, Weeks suffered a stroke that left him completely paralyzed, leaving him with only control over his eye movements. Despite this, he decided to share his experience, describing the first four years of his life after this event.
Weeks's memoir begins with a story about his life before the stroke, then moves on to describe the tragedy itself and his subsequent stay in the hospital.
“The book ends with my transition from hospital life to public life”, - explains the author.
Weeks is not stopping there and plans to write at least two more books about his life with “locked-in syndrome”.
The creation of the first part of the planned trilogy took Howard about a year and a half. During this time, using a special Eyegaze computer that responds to eye movements, he was able to dictate 50 thousand words.
“Locked-in syndrome” is a rare neurological condition in which a person becomes completely paralyzed while remaining lucid.