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"Imagine being unable to say, "I am hungry," "I am in pain," "thank you," or "I love you," - losing your ability to communicate, being trapped inside your body, surrounded by people yet utterly alone. For 13 long years, that was Martin Pistorius's reality. After contracting a brain infection at the age of twelve, Pistorius lost his ability to control his movements and to speak, and eventually he failed every test for mental awareness. He had become a ghost. But then a strange thing started to happen - his mind began to knit itself back together. In this moving talk, Pistorius tells how he freed himself from a life locked inside his own body."

"Welcome to the NCSC Communication Tool Kit. This series of modules was developed solely for use in the professional development of teachers and speech language pathologists. We would like to thank the teachers and families of students for granting permission to use instructional video clips for professional development purposes. As such, the video clips remain integrated into the modules and access is monitored."

thank you Suzanne

Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds

Tucker, age 11, outlines different ways educators can transform themselves into Educational Experience Designers and describes some different tools that can be used to provide students with more options. A big thanks to TTAC/ODU (http://ttac.odu.edu/) for sponsoring the creation of this video series!

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