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He also did a TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_pistorius_how_my_mind_came_back_to_life_and_no_one_knew https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_pistorius_how
by h0l0cube 6y ago
He also did a TED talk:
https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_pistorius_how_my_mind_came_back_to_life_and_no_one_knew https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_pistorius_how_my_mind_came_...
There's also another good article, just recently published with a few extra details:
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/ten-years-with-locked-in-syndrome/6443664 https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/t...
> The podcast doesn't detail that moment. It just skips to when he could squeeze hands.
"That all changed when one of his carers, Virna van der Walt, noticed that he could use very small eye movements to respond to things she said."
> He met a woman over Skype.
"In 2008, Pistorius met his wife, Joanna. She was his sister’s flatmate; they were introduced to each other over Skype."