A 15 year old boy suffering from cerebral palsy and mitochondrial disease, has never been able to speak, but this Christmas that all changes, hit the jump for more!
The Make A Wish Foundation has reached out to 15 year old Raymond Lara and are doing something even his insurance company turned down, giving the teen his first chance to speak! The Make A Wish Foundation have funded and help create a speech-generating device featuring hands-free eye-gaze technology:
The device uses imaging technology that records a digital portrait of the user’s eye, then calculates the location of the user’s gaze on the computer screen. By holding one’s gaze on an icon or menu choice, the user can interact with the computer and generate words and sentences.
“It evaluates where the eye is looking,” said Duane Law, CEO of Kern Regional Center, which assists thousands of developmentally disabled residents in Kern and other counties HP
The $6,000 life-changing device was previously used by Raymond and showed results with the teen, yet the parents were unable to purchase it; that’s where the foundation slipped in and made the families’ wish come true!
