Eye Can Write: A memoir of a child's silent soul emerging

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Three weeks before Chantal’s due date, the family was in a serious car accident that resulted in the emergency caesarean section birth of Jonathan. Bryan, aged 12, has severe cerebral palsy, a condition that makes him incapable of voluntary movement or speech.

RUNNING when your legs have never worked is the most indescribable feeling of freedom,” Jonathan Bryan declares in “The Forever Garden”. This is an astonishing and wonderful account of a young man about whom there is so much more than might be assumed based on appearances. Foreword by Sir Michael MorpurgoA portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Jonathan Bryan's charity, Teach Us Too.

A lung infection means that he has to be permanently attached to oxygen, and he takes up to 30 doses of medication a day.

She and Jonathan are both critical of the provision for children who are diagnosed with profound and multiple learning difficulties.Jonathan] was determined and set about writing his book himself – one letter at a time – astonishing me and everyone else at Bonnier Publishing in the process. That he has broken through the cerebral palsy, found his own methods of communicating and writing, that he has not been held back by the challenges to create such an eloquently written account, all make it even more impressive. He loves Christmas because he is part of his family that nourishes him, but he also loves Christmas because he is part of a worldwide family that transcends age, gender, ability and disability. He wonders whether the authors were partly motivated by the family’s openness about their faith, which has not been excised from mainstream press coverage.