The other night I dreamt, as I often do, that I was back in India. I walked along the road that became so familiar to me, through the large metal gates of courage home, said hello to Charlie (the rather scruffy spaniel) and up two flights of stairs. I walked through the doors and could hear laughing. Molly spotted me from across the room and smiled her trademark smile. As I got closer she stood up from her wheelchair and took a few shaking steps towards me and said my name. I woke up after that. It was one of those dreams that was so amazing I never wanted it to end and when it did I came crashing back to reality with an unpleasant jolt. I know that Molly will never be able to walk, her body will not let her. I know will never be able to talk the way we think of talking. But that does not mean she will never talk at all. Molly could talk, tell stories, write, play games, make pictures and countless other things all with the help of a specialised piece of technology. This technology is a small camera that fits onto a laptop. The camera follows Molly's eye movements and makes her eyes the mouse. She could do so much! I would like to raise the money to purchase an eye-gaze strip and a laptop which I can take out to India with me this summer to work intensively with Molly on using the computer for a few weeks. I know how much Molly want to learn and how much she wants to communicate. She can communicate so much in her own unique way this technology would give her the freedom to say anything she wants. It would give her the power to make complex decisions and to entertain herself with a book, film or game. I am hoping to raise £2000 to pay for the laptop and eye gaze technology. I know this sounds like a lot but if each of my Facebook friends donated just £3
, the money would be raised. Please consider giving whatever you can afford by clicking on the link below and share this post so we can give Molly the power to speak.
https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/louise-baker
http://loalecha.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/all-about-molly.html
