Stroke changed everything: Tony Nicklinson
Seven years ago, Tony Nicklinson (58 years) was a very healthy and happy life with his wife and two children. But the stroke changed everything. Tony became paralyzed and could only move his eyes.
I was so miserable with his illness, Tony was trying to ask the court to allow doctors to end his life the helpless.
Tony can only communicate through computers that follow the movements of his eyes. Computer software converts eye movements into letters of the alphabet and arrange them into words.
And in the middle of the ground up, Tony greets the world on Twiiter is doing by typing text with eye movements. His first game is ‘Hello World’.
By username @ TonyNicklinson, he writes: “Hello world. I am Tony Nicklinson, I have locked-in syndrome and this is my first ever tweet,” or means “Hello world. I’m Tony Nicklinson, I locked-in syndrome and this is my first tweet. ” In less than 24 hours, his or her account immediately followed more than 2,500 followers.
Nicklinson suffered a stroke seven years ago to make his body paralyzed. It uses the technology of eye movements that can be used specifically for accessing social networking sites.
Until now, he also kept trying to approach the high court so that he can end his life legally.
A British television station, Channel 4 Dispatches, Nicklinson life filmed and will be broadcast on Monday, June 18th, 2012 at 8 pm. On the same day Nicklinson and his family will go to the High Court to seek to end the doctors are legally allowed to live Nicklinson.
The High Court has heard the statement Nicklinson in previous legal proceedings. Strokenya Nicklinson said this caused him to need assistance in almost every aspect of life.
“I can not scratch if it itches, I can not squeeze my nose if nasal congestion and I can only eat food like a baby. It’s just that I’m not going to grow, not like a baby. I have no privacy or dignity. I showered, dressed and put to bed by caregivers, “wrote Nicklinson in a statement as reported by the BBC.
Nicklinson has two grown daughters and have an active life before his stroke. He suffered a stroke in 2005 while on a business trip to Athens.
He asked the court to make a statement that doctors are allowed to end his suffering with his own consent. That is, the doctor is legally allowed to kill Nicklinson and do not fall into the murder because the approval of patients and families. However, to date, the court can still decide to issue a statement or not






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