YFD

will to live

onegirlfriday — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:32:29 +0000

A smile shared with respiration therapist, moments after being coached off ventilation, post emergency surgery April, 2009

A smile from MFD , a thousand words worth

“I never will understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish.”

Mother Teresa

How do you know he likes ice cream?

onegirlfriday — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:19:32 +0000

. We were once asked this. We know because Dustin tells us. Tools are Dustin’s friends, yet even without a computer, a letterboard , a headpointer, a hand splint, a single switch, etc Dustin remains a very expressive person.

control of left arm on a good day

onegirlfriday — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:07:05 +0000

For many years, Dustin had some control of his left arm. This was intentional control that was compromised by spasticity , but control that was full of purpose and intent. If I put my hand on his shoulder, thus aborbing some of his high muscle tone , Dustin was able to use a small splint and type.

zygo chinpointer, lightwriter

onegirlfriday — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:01:54 +0000

The chinpointer is a help to Dustin as he has difficulty with objects being up close to his eyes. Possibly due to the way he uses his eyes, peripheral vision being stronger than central vision, etc. In his younger days he was quite terrified of all headpointers. Working with the chinpointer has been a help. He is becoming much more comfortable with a headpointer.

Little Ant, by Dustin Webb

onegirlfriday — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:02:19 +0000

Dustin wrote this while an elementary school student, West Chester Pa. Writing mode: Letterboard, left hand pointing to letters.

LITTLE ANT

since hurt stifles much sullen and just emotion,

family insulates utter frustration.

too often, many times pitiful goofy old hilled paths of digging ants

line up like soldiers.

Fast at digging, they seem kind of intelligent

but very slavelike.

such obedience will really earn everyone’s respect.

Tell them I hide in the most open hill

and they are diggin right past

(Ants ought to keep proper hills)

Turning from the digging, the ants melt away. Do I feel sort of like a little ant that has

lost his mind?

Without family, yes I would.

Dustin Webb

Student Thornbury Elementary School
Chester County Book Company Poetry Contest Winner
Published Daily Local News West Chester Pa. March 3, 1992

onegirlfriday — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:12:45 +0000

practicing morse, age 9

onegirlfriday — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:34:00 +0000

from first grade, a story

onegirlfriday — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:32:44 +0000

Kismet at the Tour

onegirlfriday — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:57:13 +0000

Kismet at the tour

Can it seem possible?
Killing cut throat Lance’s times tepidly,
Dog takes the lead.
Attacking pedestrian first, he then catapults off,
Then attaches to a rear wheel.
Dog will be tested for dope.
Using Floyd’s doctors,
He utters “egalitarian that I am, it appears testosterone is high. At my assurance,
I am unusually manly.”

yfd July 18,2007 (yesterday’s stage, dog trips up rider, previous stage, spectator/cyclist issue)

age

onegirlfriday — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:28:16 +0000

Today celebrates Cadillac of ect.

I age, utter out and in
Hurting each day
Dull thoughts
Mack
Truck
Mean
Kismet
Time to write, curtain down
Yfd
July 20, 2007