I made this picture at an event sponsored by Get About Columbia called "Wheelchair Roll" where people could get their wheelchairs washed. The woman in the wheelchair, Bethany, impressed me. Although her ability to communicate was impaired, she answered my questions. When I asked for her email address, Bethany struggled with the part after the @ sign. She knew what she wanted to say and she looked me in the eye, but she just couldn't articulate the letters floating in her head. After a few minutes, w/ the help of her friend, Jill, we figured it out. She signed a photo consent form with a pen in her mouth by making an 'X' in the middle of the page.
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