My Sister Can’t Speak, But She Makes Herself Heard | KQED News

I was there the night my sister Ana was born at San Francisco’s Mt. Zion Hospital. I was nine, and I watched as she came out blue, the umbilical cord snarled around her neck. Those unknown minutes her brain was deprived of oxygen had a lasting impact. She was eventually diagnosed with athetoid cerebral palsy. She’s 37 now. Caregivers help feed and dress her, and she talks through a device attached to her wheelchair. Despite her challenges, Ana has spent her entire life communicating. Read more: https://www.kqed.org/news/11740891/my...