I read "7 Tech Breakthroughs That Empower People With Disabilities" and was excited about all seven breakthroughs. The one that amazed me the most and that I was most encouraged to learn about was the the DynaVox system. I didn't realize such a thing was possible. I had an uncle that had a stroke at the age of forty and he spent fifteen years in a nursing home unable to communicate with the outside world. We think that it got to be so depressing for him that he eventually just gave up on life and stopped eating. Just think if he had been able to participate in spoken communication using only his eyes. He would have loved being able to enter words and phrases through the use of the eye tracking systems with the on-screen keyboard which could translate the text to speech. It is comforting to now know that this technology exists for other loved ones that might be afflicted with a similar situation.