Don Moir was able to speak to his wife after a technology firm helped digitise the letter-board he used to communicate.
This is the story of how Don Moir, a father of three diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), was able to tell his wife how much he loved her, 16 years after losing the ability to speak.
Don, a Canadian farmer, married his wife, Lorraine, in 1989 and was diagnosed with the degenerative disease, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in March 1995.
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Four years later, as his condition continued to get worse, he was fitted with a ventilator.
His wife said of the procedure: “I'm not even sure he realised that he wasn't going to be able to speak, but I remember explaining that to him: 'If you go on the ventilator, you won't be able to speak any more.’
“At that point, it was very difficult.”
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Don was left communicating silently through a letter-board chart – a sheet of paper with the alphabet split into quadrants that Lorraine used by following Don's eyesight.
Many years later, Lorraine was listening to the radio when she heard the founder of technology firm Not Impossible Labs, Mick Ebeling, talking about the work the company was doing.
She then contacted the firm and asked for help in creating a digital solution for her husband.
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