00:00Hi, my name is Melody Brooks and I have cerebral palsy. Go ahead and stare. It's
00:052002. You've never seen a girl in a wheelchair who doesn't talk before?
00:10Here's a list of things I'll never get used to. Butts in my face because people
00:15don't see me. Staircases, people who say hi but sound so sad. Obviously this isn't
00:21my voice. I can't talk and I can sound like whoever I want. So I picked Jennifer
00:28Aniston. Melody exceeds all my expectations. Why don't you raise your
00:34expectations? She loves to learn. It's hard to be objective about your own
00:38daughter's limitations. Hi, I am working on a program to integrate her into the
00:44regular classrooms. Who's gonna turn the pages of her book? Who's gonna take her to the bathroom?
00:48I don't know, but it feels so right. Hi. Yes, finally. But that's please pick
00:56something good. This. Ugh. That's hideous. You must be our visitors. We are. For 1,000
01:02points. Who was the first European to discover America? Christopher Columbus.
01:07Uh, Melody? Leif Erickson. That's correct. Mr. Deming, she didn't say anything. Claire. She's from
01:18the special room. That's enough. Well, that went well. What's this? I met a talker. How much is it?
01:24$17,000. She wants to call your friends and gossip about boys. Choose your voice. You bet. It's your voice.
01:33Hello. Melody?
01:39Daddy, how are you today?
01:44I'm so beautiful.
01:50WizKids tryouts are upon us.
01:53Is that a talking computer?
01:55Make it say something.
01:56Connor, he's nice.
01:57You like him.
01:58You want to kiss him.
02:02I made WizKids.
02:05Of course, you're a fighter.
02:07You have a voice.
02:11Let them hear you.
02:14Sometimes I need a push, but I won't be pushed around.
02:20Hey, don't write yourself off yet.
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