Tony Nicklinson is listening to the radio when I arrive. He's been hoisted into his wheelchair, and sits alone in a room overlooking his garden. Seeing me, he raises his eyebrows by way of hello. I introduce myself, ask how he is and tell him I've spent the afternoon with his lovely daughters. He nods stiffly. Then his eyes well up.
Tony had a stroke in 2005 and now suffers from locked-in syndrome: he's trapped inside his body, aware of everything going on but unable to engage with it. Paralysed from the neck down, Tony can't speak but he can think, hear and feel. He communicates through blinking, twice for no, once for yes.
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