World-famous physicist Stephen Hawking sat slack in his wheelchair Thursday, using finger controls to nimbly move to face each questioner.
Machines can provide that.
What we need is mind power, and disabled people are as good at that as anyone else. The book later was made into a movie of the same name. He holds the professorship at Cambridge University once held by Sir Isaac Newton and did ground-breaking research on the theory of black holes. The disease has cost him his voice and the ability to move all but a few muscles. For the audience at Seattle University, the glimpse into his personal life was appreciated.