In January 1988, aged twelve, Martin Pistorius fell inexplicably sick. First he lost his voice and stopped eating; then he slept constantly and shunned human contact. Doctors were mystified. Within eighteen months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin's parents were told that an unknown degenerative disease had left him with the mind of a baby and he probably had less than two years to live. Martin went on to be cared for at centres for severely disabled children, a shell of the bright, vivacious boy he had once been. What no-one knew is that while Martin's body remained unresponsive his mind slowly woke up, yet he could tell no-one; he was a prisoner inside a broken body. Then, in 1998, when Martin was twenty-three years old, an aromatherapy masseuse began treating him and sensed some part of him was alert. Experts were dismissive, but his parents persevered and soon realised their son...
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2019-04-12
Betyg 
Jag jobbar med killar som har autism och liknande funktionsnedsättningar och jag ficl men en extra tankeställare. Men hemsk berättelse
2016-05-18
Betyg 
En väldigt gripande berättelse. Kan inte ens föreställa mig hur det skulle vara att befinna mig i den situationen som Martin Pistorius varit i. Det som drar ner betyget blir att den är tråkigt skriven och att den hoppar så mycket i händelserna och tankarna.
