I don’t know how many of you know the amazing Glenda Watson Hyatt, but she is my personal hero and I have a holiday request on her behalf. Glenda, despite living with Cerebral Palsy, is an amazing person who completed a college degree (with a major and a minor!), wrote her auto-biography, and is a prolific blogger - all by using only her left thumb to communicate! Watch this video on YouTube, it’s unbelievable. She is, however, as she puts it, non-verbal. Her main way to communicate effectively is through typing with her left thumb on the computer. Glenda is entered in a contest called Blog For A Year. If she wins the most votes, she will be given money from a fund they are collecting so she can be “paid” to blog. What she would really like to do with the money is get a special software that will help her communicate both verbally and in writing. I would like to help her, and so I’m asking if you would like to help as well. Here’s what I’d suggest: for the next 26 days until the contest ends on 12/31/07 go to http://blogforayear.com/profiles/glenda-watson-hyatt and vote daily for Glenda (which the rules encourage) — Or make this page your homepage so you can do it without too much memory strain. If we all spread the word and vote daily then getting the EZ Keys with Voice software (which would enable her to interact more effectively when in face-to-face groups too). Let’s do a good thing and help someones life a little easier that is so deserving. Thanks in advance for your kindness.

- Larry
Publisher
Blogger & Podcaster Magazine

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