sábado, janeiro 20, 2024

Lucy

Antes que pensem que pirei, digo já eu que talvez sim. Por isso, vou já dando a razão a quem se mostrar apreensivo com os meus últimos posts.

Contudo, que não se retirem conclusões precipitadas. Não virei gata assanhada nem vovó matando cachorro a grito. Apenas pratiquei em mim mesma uma espécie de lobotomia. Imaginem que se consegue fazer um furinho, rearrumar os neurónios que estão ensarilhados, injectar um cheirinho de oxigénio, de preferência em versão perfumada, quiçá floral, e que, uma vez tapado o buraquinho, a pessoa está mais leve, menos assustada, menos triste. E, nesse estado, consegue fazer posts como os três últimos. É isso.

Mas agora apeteceu-me mostrar que ainda consigo tentar fazer posts menos azougados. E, assim sendo, permitam que aqui traga, uma vez mais, alguém que me deixa sempre comovida, estupefacta, rendida.

Lucy is completely blind and has a chromosome 16 duplication, which is a rare condition affecting mental health with autism traits and affecting overall communication. Lucy is hypermobile and suffers with CVS. She is in remission from bi-lateral retina-blastoma and is globally developmentally delayed.
However, Lucy has an extraordinary talent and it is by using this natural talent, Lucy is able to communicate. (...)

O vídeo abaixo mostra uma pessoa extraordinária, a todos os títulos extraordinária. Lucy, a menina cega e autista.

Blind girl, Lucy, with neurodiversity stuns crowd with Chopin piano performance!

‘She’s a miracle!’ Viewers break down in tears over ‘beautiful’ Chopin performance by blind girl, 13, at Leed's train station.
Viewers were left in tears after watching a blind 13-year-old girl flawlessly perform Chopin on the piano at a train station in Birmingham.
Budding pianist Lucy took to the keys on an episode of Channel 4's The Piano, a talent show hosted by Claudia Winkleman and judged by pop star Mika and concert pianist Lang Lang.
The show involves pianists performing at Birmingham New Street and London St Pancras stations in front of crowds while the judges watch in a secret room, before selecting one pianist at the end of each episode to perform on stage.

The Amber Trust - Lucy's story

This film is about teaching a blind child with severe autism and exceptional musical potential.
It features Lucy, who is 10 years old, blind, with autism and severe learning difficulties but exceptional musical potential, with her teacher Daniel, and Adam Ockelford, founder of The Amber Trust.
Lucy’s story is a part of ‘Amber Sound Touch’, The Amber Trust’s online resource for teaching music to blind and partially sighted children and young people, including those with additional disabilities.
The Amber Trust was founded in 1995 to provide blind and partially sighted children, including those with additional disabilities, the best possible chance to meet their musical needs and aspirations and fulfil their potential. Amber aims to enhance the lives of as many of the 25,000 visually impaired children in the UK as possible through music, and to promote high quality music provision.