A mother left unable to walk or talk after suffering a massive stroke has defied the odds to complete a university degree - by blinking.
一位母亲在一次严重的中风后失去了走路和说话的能力,然而她却通过眨眼拿到了本科学历。
Dawn Faizey Webster was left with locked-in syndrome after the attack in 2003, two weeks after her son Alexander was born.
道恩·费儿兹·韦伯斯特2003年生下儿子亚历山大两周后就患上了闭锁综合症。
The condition is where a patient is fully-aware and awake - but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all muscles in the body, except for the eyes.
闭锁综合症的患者意识完全清醒,但几乎全身瘫痪,不能行动或进行口头交流,仅有眼部可以活动。
Incredibly, the former teacher, then 30, discovered she could still communicate through her eyes and tiny head movements.
不过,当时30岁还在教书的韦伯斯特却奇迹般地发现她仍然可以通过眼部和轻微的头部动作进行交流。
She has now achieved a 2:2 degree in Ancient History and written an autobiography - all thanks to a specialised laptop that translates her eye movements into text.
她拥有一台特殊的笔记本电脑,可以把她的眼部动作翻译成文本。在这台电脑的帮助下,她古代史的平均分达到了70分以上,而且撰写了一本自传。
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