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Re:International Study Detects Consciousness in Unresponsive... by Hnrobert42 on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @07:56PM (#41251954)
There is a fascinating memoir called Ghost Boy. In it, a young man describes how he fell into a coma as a boy and awoke around 14 years old. However, upon awakening, he did not have control of his body. It was many more years before an aide suspected he was conscious.

His story is quite inspiring and well worth the read.

Re:International Study Detects Consciousness in Unresponsive... by stevenwoo on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @08:51PM (#41252202)
There’s a book and movie adaptation of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, written by a guy who was awake and mostly paralyzed but worked out how to communicate by blinking his eyes.
Re:International Study Detects Consciousness in Unresponsive... by amy-petrik-214 on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @09:58PM (#41252501)
there's a great audiovisual piece called "One" by the moviesong band "Metallica" about the song is about a guy who blinks in morse code, "kill me" because he has locked in syndrome and all he can do is blink
Re:International Study Detects Consciousness in Unresponsive... by chrisweekly on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @10:06PM (#41252531)
based on the book "Johnny Got His Gun", IIRC
Re:International Study Detects Consciousness in Unresponsive... by burkaman on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @10:48PM (#41252738)
He might be on HN, Wikipedia says he's a web developer now: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Pistorius