aid for CP victims
REBECCA C. R1TTER Louisville, Ky. PATRICIA A. ROACH Lancaster, Ky.
JANETR. ROBERTS Owensboro, Ky. TERRY L. ROBERTS Erlanger, Ky.
DAVID T. ROBERTSON Lexington, Ky. NANCY P. ROBINSON Lexington, Ky.
LAWRENCE A. ROSEN South Williamson, Ky. RANDALL W. ROUSH Lynchburg, Ky.
EVELYN A. ROWE Frankfort, Ky. JOHNNIE J. ROWLAND Pineville, Ky.
THOMAS A. RUCCIERO Lexington, Ky. PAUL B. RUPARD Winchester, Ky.
UK graduate builds device
A 23 year old UK graduate, James Fee, filed for a patent on a device which will translate the scrawl of cerebral palsy victims into ledgible characters.
Working with Dr. Fered Harris, University of Washington, on projects of rehabilitating multiply handicapped children, they both agreed on a theory of how cerebral palsy affects people.
Based on that theory they built devices to try and help them. The conventional thought is that palsy attacks the motor mechanisms of the brain-in which case little can be done. Fee's "unconventional theory" was based on feedback of movements.
It's quite an accomplishment, but for Fee, it's an even bigger feat. Born with cerebral palsy, his parents were told he would never walk, talk, or use his hands.
"Mom and Dad didn't believe it, so they taught me how." Attending special classes until he was 13, he finally went to a regular junior high school in New York. Later he went to Pratt Institute to study chemical engineering. He received his BS at UK in mechanical engineering May of 73.
With a full scholarship to Northwestern, he plans to study for an advanced degree.
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