Robot Arm
After almost three years of training with the dot and exoskeleton, we started training with a robotic arm in a virtual environment for some time....
Exoskeleton
I’ve been a little too busy doing other things, and I haven’t updated my website for several months now; that’s terrible! I will start by...
Empowering Journeys: Milestones, Celebrations, Challenges
It was the year 2021, and new and exciting things unfolded since then. Both Speech Decoding and Robotics teams exhibited exceptional and highly...
My first power wheelchair | Part 2
On the first day, I was officially approved to go out on my own. I remember I went to the Farmers Market. There’s a little farmer’s market in...
My first power wheelchair
I always wished to have a power wheelchair since I was in Healdsburg Hospital. I was lying down, and my bed was by the window. I could see the road...
College Aspirations
In 2008, I wanted to attend college and improve my English skills. It was going to be impossible for me, or I thought, to go to campus in person....
Looking forward to my new home
January 2007 arrived, and it was time for me to transfer to my new facility. I wanted to leave but wanted to stay at the same time. I was scared to...
Relapse
I woke up from a coma about a week later; DIOS MIO!! What a terrible experience! I wished I wouldn’t have opened my eyes again, but I did and had to...
Discharged
A week went by, and it was time to remove the stitches from my belly. I was very happy. I was beginning to eat and swallow, not too much hard food,...
The accident
It was Sunday morning, June 21 or 22, 2003. My friend and I had a terrible hungover from the night before; we spent it drinking in downtown Windsor....