His words tell us so much about our universal human resilience, our capacity for understanding, our longing to communicate. Painstakingly slow progress in communicating with the outside world was dotted with little victories, with little joys that made carrying on worthwhile.

By Year 5, two years after I started literacy and numeracy lessons, I had caught up with my peers and joined my local primary school full-time,” he wrote in his Guardian testimony . I devoured the book and it’s one of my favourites from last year – I recommend it to everyone as a unique and important story, beautifully written. Was Jonathan dying as the beautiful field suddenly became his enemy, but Jesus’ strong and reassuring presence was with Jonathan. In part, the book is a testament also to his mother’s patience and steady convictions in her son’s abilities. She was 36 weeks pregnant, and, although they walked away, seemingly unharmed, the placenta had become detached.Unlike Stephen Hawkins who already had access to regular schooling before his illness took hold of his body and had shown his intelligence, Jonathon has no such claim to fame. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). We truly cannot underestimate, devalue or deem something impossible no matter a person’s physical, neurological, vocal, etc abilities. In chapter three Jonathan tells us about a beautiful field of long grass, where He was next to Jonathan. Mummy articulated each letter of the word rally, but Sarah was so engrossed in mirroring my eyes with her finger she had lost the word.

I found some of the religious rhetoric a little uncomfortable, but I can appreciate that this accurately reflects the author’s views, if not my own.Don't judge the person by the wheelchair or other visible disabilities, especially when that person is a child.