Disabled Recreations

We are the Hett's, Lindsay, Quinton, Terri and Darrin. We would like to share our story and our creations (listed below this introduction) with people that have disabilities or may be growing old and can't do the things they used to do.

We are sharing our story so you can get to know us and understand why we are wanting to help others enjoy life a little more. We hope we can help.

Our daughter Lindsay, who is now 17 years old, had a virus when she was 2 ½ years old that left her with extensive brain damage. She went from a happy, carefree little girl one morning, to a little girl fighting for her life, in a coma, that night. She became extremely dehydrated and the dehydration led to lack of oxygen to her brain. She now has cerebral palsy, epilepsy, cannot talk, has cortical vision impairment, scoliosis for which she has spinal rods implanted, a baclofen pump for muscle spasms, a feeding tube, and cannot use any of her limbs, except for her right arm, with some limited control.

We communicate with her by asking questions and she answers “Yes” by closing her eyes and turning her head. If she doesn't answer us and just looks at us with a frustrated, mad, or sad face, we take that as a “No”. We try to ask the same question both ways, for example, “Do you want to go fishing?” or “Do you not want to go fishing?” She understands everything we talk about, but she can't get things off her mind since she can't talk, so it gets a little frustrating for her sometimes.

We are in the process of saving money up for a "GUS communication device program" that may help Lindsay communicate with us, which is way over due. We have been to Kansas University, to Schiefelbusch speech language hearing clinic. They helped us decide somewhat on a communication device that may work best for Lindsay. It has been tough searching for a communication device that will work for us. We were hoping that she could make the "Eye Tracking Computer mouse program" work, but with her cortical vision, it did not work. We are not sure if this other program will work for her, but its worth a shot. We are hoping that we can talk to each other, instead of trying to read her eyes and facial expressions, which we do well. This can only help us learn more about her and also how much she actually knows in her own words, "not ours".

Lindsay's pastimes include watching TV, eating, playing computer games, playstation games and casino games, playing fantasy football, fantasy fishing and fantasy racing, listening to music, and fishing during the summer.

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