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ICT and Special needs case study: Christopher Reeve  

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ICT and Special needs case study: Christopher Reeve ICT has help Christopher Reeves in many ways. Firstly with out the use of medical equipment Reeve would not have survived after the accident that left him paralysed from the neck down. Such extreme paralysis meant that reeve had to be kept on a ventilator as his lungs did not work so he couldn't leave his hospital bed for 9 months. Later he had an operation to fit a devise which sends electrical impulses to the nerves in his lungs so he could breath on his own, this was a very new procedure that had only been tried out on two people before him who both died. Also Reeves had a pacemaker fitted. ICT gave Reeve mobility and the ability to live at home. After his accident Reeves house had to undergo major changes to accommodate the now wheelchair bound Reeve these changes included Wheelchair Without...

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