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A friend of The Sands at Grace Bay, Douglas is a young 40-year-old father with ALS that has recently lost his ability to speak and communicate with his family, friends and loved ones. 

OUR GOFUNDME GOAL IS TO HELP DOUGLAS COMMUNICATE

Just two years after being diagnosed, Douglas now uses a wheelchair full time, has lost his ability to speak and has little use remaining in his arms and hands.   It is important to note that ALS does not affect your intelligence, thinking, hearing or vision.

Douglas is a loving father of a daughter, Claudia, who faces her own challenges with muscular dystrophy and also uses a wheelchair full time. Douglas is also a devoted husband to his wife, Amberlie, who is their sole caregiver.

An amazing technology www.eyegaze.com exists that will enable Douglas to use his eyes to communicate through a tablet computer. 

With your support, we would like to purchase an Eyegaze Edge system for Douglas and his family to use. When the time comes that Douglas can no longer use the system, it will be donated to help current and future ALS sufferers in the Turks and Caicos.  Our goal is to raise US$10,000/CDN$13,000 a quickly as possible, so we can cover the cost of the machine, training, etc.  

IF WE EXCEED OUR GOAL

Should your generosity enable us to exceed our target of US$10,000/CDN$13,000, we would like to purchase the additional accessories and options that are available for the Eyegaze Edge system.  Any remaining funds would be directed towards Douglas’ medical expenses.

As a father, it would mean the world to Douglas to be able to communicate again with this eye-controlled computer technology. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS for your support for Douglas and his family.  

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 MORE ABOUT ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease) is a fatal, motor neuron disease that causes progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain. It is a devastating disease that affects voluntary control of muscles, leads to trouble speaking and breathing, and eventually death.

There is currently no cure for ALS and no effective treatment to halt or reverse the progression of the disease.