With no voice, Brigance continues to spread his message
Friday, September 16, 2011 - 13:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Ravens executive has lost most movement to ALS, but continues to hope for a cureO.J. Brigance sits at a restaurant table, speaking with his eyes. Brigance suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's Disease, which has robbed the former Raven of both speech and body movement. Brigance converses via a high-tech device called a DynaVox, which allows him to "talk" by focusing on a computer screen, and blinking, to form words and sentences.