Eye Can Write

That’s Jonathan’s story. Suffering profound disability from birth, it was assumed that Jonathan’s brain was also damaged – until the age of 8, when he started communicating using his eyes and a special board. His intelligence is quite amazing, and ‘Eye Can Write’ tells his unique, one-in-a-million story with such warmth, courage, faith and self-deprecating humour that I couldn’t put it down.

Born after a car accident, Jonathan was discovered to have quadriplegic cerebral palsy and kidney failure. He spent a lot of time in hospital, including for a kidney transplant, and nearly died several times.

The first part of the book is written by Jonathan’s mum, Chantal, and the second by Jonathan. As a mum, I identified with Chantal’s fears, her love, her fierce determination to not give up on her son. I was inspired by Chantal’s deep faith, her instinctive mothering, her sense of helplessness in the situations she found herself in – but I was also inspired by Jonathan’s deep faith, the way Jesus had revealed himself to Jonathan way before he was able to communicate this experience to anyone else.

Jonathan went to be with his Saviour in 2025, aged 19, seven years after writing this book.

‘Eye Can Write’ is an amazing book with a far-reaching impact. Prepare to be challenged!