Hello friends, welcome to tickle star.
Let's begin with Stephen Hawking.
The renowned scientist has been suffering
from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) where
the joints in his body don't respond to the
messages send by the brain.
As a result, the muscles become dysfunctional
and the body is unable to respond.
Also known as Neuron Motor Disease, this condition
slowly paralyses one's body.
But, this disease doesn't touch the brain.
The brain functions normally, but, in the
case of Stephen Hawking it's working extraordinarily,
making him one of the greatest scientists
of our era.
And his followers are everywhere, including
our own Tuhin Dey, who is affected by Arthrogryposis
Multiplex Congenita (AMC), a disorder that
develops during a woman’s pregnancy and
reduces the mobility of joints of the baby’s
hands and legs.
Ninety percent of his body doesn't function.
Yet, he has won numerous awards for his towering
achievements.
Read on to know the complete story of Tuhin
Dey who hails from Midnapore district of West
Bengal.
Nothing is impossible.
According toHindustan Times, Tuhin writes
from his mouth and operates his laptop through
his chin.
He even can't speak so he's dependent on computerised
voice communication system.
He can't move his body, so he has customised
wheelchair to assist his movements.
But all these things haven't stopped Tuhin
from dreaming.
His dream is to be like Stephen Hawking, one
day.
The child prodigy.
Tuhin operates gadgets from his lower lip
and chin.
According to the Better India, his friends
and teachers say that he's a computer wizard
who understands computer complexities better
than his classmates.
Though he can't speak, his grasping power
beats all, say his teachers.
Awards Tuhin has won. 
Tuhin Dey has received the National Child
Award for Exceptional Achievement in 2012
and Best Creative Child Award with Disabilities
in 2013 from the President Pranab Mukherjee.
His dreams…
Doctors have said his disease is not curable.
Tuhin appeared for class X examination this
year without the help of a writer or using
extra time given to students with disabilities.
Now he is waiting for the results.
When The Week interviewed him, he said he
is interested in Cosmology, Astro-Physics
and Computer Science, and idolises Stephen
Hawking.
“I want to get into IIT and become like
him one day,” he said.He also wants to study
at Oxford, UK, for research studies and dreams
of meeting Stephen Hawking.
His inspiration.
Tuhin's situation is slightly different from
Stephen Hawking but there's a similarity in
both the situations in that it doesn't affect
the brain.
“You need brain, not brawn, to get ahead
in life.
This congenital disease does not affect intelligence
and as long as he can use a wheelchair to
move and communicate, he will remain highly-functional,”
Dr Yash Gulati told Hindustan Times, referring
to Tuhin's illness.
Dr Gulati is a senior consultant orthopaedic
surgeon, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, and
surgeon to the President of India.
Tuhin's parents, Simran and Sujata.
Tuhin father is a property broker and his
mother is a housewife.
The family has recently shifted to Kota to
assist Tuhin to help him prepare for IIT at
Allen Career Institute.
When The Better India interviewed Tuhin's
parents, they said whenever they feel depressed
due to their struggles, it's Tuhin who says
that everything will be alright.
His father Simran said "We have left our hometown
and shifted to Kota, I don't know what I will
be doing but surely I will find some work."Tuhin's
mother left her teaching job in 2012 when
he won the National Child Award.
Tuhin is extraordinary.
“Since his birth in 1999, Tuhin has undergone
more than 20 surgeries.
But that did not deter this boy from studies,”
Sujata told The Better India, adding that
he’s an “extraordinary” student.Thanks
for inspiring us, Tuhin.
You will be like Stephen Hawking, one day.
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