Can you point to communicate?

My friend Michael just had a stroke. He has lost his speech. His right side has been paralyzed. I went to visit him in the hospital. He looked so lost until I gave him a Point To Communicate booklet - hospital edition. I asked him, "Can you point to communicate?" He blinked, 'yes'. His eyes lit up as he looked through the booklet. He pointed to 'thank you' and smiled. Then he pointed to 'I want to go home.' The conversation went on from there. Our visit was nearly forty minutes long as he used the booklet to ask questions, make comments, and make requests.
Do you know a stroke patient who needs a Point To Communicate booklet? Visit: http://www.PointToCommunicate.com

Hearing Impaired Kids and Point To Communicate booklets

My neighbor's kids are hearing impaired. I visited them a while ago and brought the Point To Communicate booklets with me to show them. The kids looked the booklets over, took out their hearing aids and took off to the living room and used only the booklets to communicate with each other. There was so much laughter and delight from the boys. They now use the booklets at home and sometimes at school. The kids told me they don't like to wear their hearing aids all the time as it irritates their ears. Now they have another way to communicate. Do you know someone who could benefit from the Point To Communicate booklet?

I wish my Dad had a Point To Communicate booklet.

Eight years ago, I created a booklet for my Dad who could not communicate due to Parkinson's and Lyme disease. He was still living at home. He had a home health nurse during the day but he was so locked up inside himself and unable to communicate. He had lost his voice and could not speak. The Parkinson's disease left him unable to write.
When I gave him the first draft of the booklet, he was so happy to have a means to communicate. He used it with me, our family, friends and his medical team. He was able to point to where he was hurting, ask for specific needs to be met like turn off the lights or I want to sleep now. He pointed to "I love you" and "Thank you" when I used the booklet with him.
My Dad has since passed away but left a very important job for me to do and that is to tell people about the Point To Communicate booklets, and especially the families, friends and medical professionals who need this tool.
My friend saw my booklets one day as I was about to leave for a business meeting and said, "I wish my Dad had a Point To Communicate booklet after he had a stroke. He was so frustrated not being able to tell us how he was feeling. He passed away and we were never able to communicate." Please note that my friend's Dad died before I had created the booklets.
Do you have a story to share or a comment about the Point To Communicate booklets? I would love to hear from you.
Thank you. Arlene