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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"With unflinching candor, Martin describes the chilling details of life as a secretly lucid vegetable--from the perversion of some who believed him to be brain dead, to the grace of those who sought recognition in his eyes"--
They all thought he was gone. But he was alive and trapped inside his own body for ten years. In January 1988 Martin Pistorius, aged twelve, fell inexplicably sick. First he lost his voice and stopped eating. Then he slept...
Series
Handbooks of applied linguistics volume 15
Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
13) The mind's eye
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Includes stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and faculties: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, and the sense of sight. This book is a testament to the complexity of vision and the brain and to the power of creativity and adaptation, and it provides a whole new perspective...
15) The handbook of psycholinguistic and cognitive processes: perspectives in communication disorders
Publisher
Psychology Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English