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FINALLY

By Brett Schaffran
At 34 I spoke my first word. I am a speller, and my name is Brett Schaffran.  All my life there was the desire to speak:  but my mouth doesn’t listen to my brain. For a long time I believed I might one day be able to, but when I realized  that would never happen, I despaired. Almost all of us are seen by the world as incapable. But given the right supports, we are very capable indeed.

My life has changed so much in the past year. Feelings of joy are now the norm for me, rather than the exception. My dream of talking has come true…and I want to finally be heard.

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3/3/2025 1 Comment

Look Up Into the Sky

Who could ever have thought that I would be sitting here discussing learning to read Hebrew? At my age, the idea of talking was beyond remote. When I first came to M2H, I had given up on everything. I am, like, still reeling that I can talk. So lessons to learn to read Hebrew are crazy. I am laughing as I write this, ‘cause this is to me like someone telling you speakers that you can learn to fly. It’s fantasy. It’s actually hard to absorb.


We spend our childhoods wanting to talk in the worst way. Then when we’re old enough to understand that it’s never going to happen, we give up. I cannot express in words how completely shocking it is to be able to talk. It is you flying. 

So now I will be able to read Hebrew? Forget you flying! - now it’s pigs I see.

The impossible is happening. 

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