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A Paralyzed 12-Year-Old Boy Wrote a Christmas Song About Monkeys . . . By Blinking

Dec 26, 2012 -- 7:33am

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A paralyzed 12-year-old boy in Edinburgh, Scotland wrote a Christmas song . . . by blinking.  His mom made a list of Christmas-themed words . . . and he blinked to indicate whether or not he wanted to include them.  The song was originally a poem about monkeys helping Santa deliver presents . . . but Ewan McGregor helped him put it to music.            

 

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12-year-old Adam Bojelian of Edinburgh, Scotland has cerebral palsy . . . and he's almost completely paralyzed.   

 

The only way he can communicate is by moving his eyes.  But Adam wrote a Christmas song . . . by BLINKING.            

 

He didn't have any special software, just help from his 52-year-old mother, Zoe.  She held up a list of Christmas-themed words . . . and Adam picked which ones to include by blinking.  He also was able to blink to spell out words not on Zoe's list.

 

Adam has won poetry contests before . . . and this was originally supposed to be a Christmas poem.  It's about an army of gibbon monkeys helping Santa Claus deliver presents.  

 

Actor Ewan McGregor found out about Adam's poem and helped turn it into a song, which is now available on iTunes. 

 

(Daily Mail)

 

 

 Adam Bojelian and Tom Harrison - "Christmas Gibbons" (Clip)

 

 

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