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He also did a TED talk:

https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_pistorius_how_my_mind_came_...

There's also another good article, just recently published with a few extra details:

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/t...

> The podcast doesn't detail that moment. It just skips to when he could squeeze hands.

"That all changed when one of his carers, Virna van der Walt, noticed that he could use very small eye movements to respond to things she said."

> He met a woman over Skype.

"In 2008, Pistorius met his wife, Joanna. She was his sister’s flatmate; they were introduced to each other over Skype."



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