How Apple’s technology helps someone who is quadriplegic – and how it doesn’t<div class="feat-image">
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<p>There is, though, still room for improvement. To better understand the differences Apple technology makes, and the gaps that still exist, I interviewed Colin Hughes, a 55-year-old Brit who has severe muscular dystrophy – a muscle-wasting disease which leaves him effectively quadriplegic, unable to use either arms or legs …</p>
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