Cerebral palsy: ‘My eyes became my voice’

Lydia Houghton  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  23 Apr 2025
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Cerebral palsy: ‘My eyes became my voice’

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A non-verbal teenager who uses his eyes to write is sharing his Christian faith through poetry, seven years on from the publication of his memoir.

Jonathan Bryan, 19, has cerebral palsy, and uses an alphabet board to communicate. His book Eye Can Write came out in 2018 – when he was only 12 years old – and details the silence, loneliness and pain of not being able to speak, and the experience of becoming literate and being able to communicate with his own words.

Now, through his online blog “Eye Can Talk”, Bryan shares the importance of his faith: “Central to my life is faith in Jesus and knowing that this life is not the end. Spending time with others as we journey through the Christian life together is one of the highlights of my week.”

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