Without rolling his wheelchair even a millimeter, Bessett can quickly reach millions of people. He can cruise bulletin boards and virtual villages where folks discuss everything from hot rods to health-care reform to foot fetishes. I don't know. I meant to send this a long time ago - Randy, Explain your religion to me. They took the technology back to their homes, which are scattered across the state.
Friendships continue, albeit electronically.
That's fortunate, because Bessett, like many other DO-IT kids, lives in a rural town. In addition, he spends most of his day in high school surrounded by teenagers, who, as is natural for teenagers, believe themselves immortal. Bessett knows otherwise. It's like I'm in a glass jail. They can just get up and go whenever they feel like it.