They compensate for their disabilities with mental prowess - using computers to read, analyzed data and communicate. Legally deaf and blind, Sederstrom keeps up with camp classes through a sign language interpreter and reads with help from a large-screen computer. Turns out they do, resulting in great sea creature barbecues of the deep, the teacher says, and everyone has a laugh. Or listen to my sister bugging me. The encouragement at science camp has helped too, says Sederstrom, who has undergone surgery for a brain tumor and suffered a stroke.
Science is kind of hard.
It's a subject with too many things to remember. I need brain glue, to make everything stick. She battles doubts. I don't have good enough eyes to be a scientist. But then, she's no quitter.