Tell Me a Story: Special Needs Change Family's Look at Life
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0:12 - 0:17This is William Bryce Staverman, and he goes by his middle name, which is Bryce.
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0:17 - 0:26He was born 14 years ago with most of his cerebellum missing and his cerebellum controls his gross and fine motor skills.
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0:26 - 0:34He cannot walk or talk but he can understand everything that you say to him, you point to him. He sees. He understands everything.
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0:34 - 0:37My name is Kris Staverman and I'm his mother.
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0:37 - 0:41No one ever asks for a child with special needs, but maybe they should, because what they give you is...
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0:41 - 0:49they look at the world with happiness and joy, and they introduce you to people that you'd never know and you would meet again..
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0:49 - 0:51and they give unconditional love.
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0:51 - 0:52He loves trains.
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0:52 - 0:54He loves elevator rides.
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0:54 - 0:57He loves watching roller coasters on Youtube videos.
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0:57 - 0:59He loves popsicles.
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0:59 - 1:04He loves to sit in the front yard and watch sprinklers in the summer time.
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1:04 - 1:06He loves to swim.
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1:06 - 1:08He thinks fire alarms are funny.
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1:08 - 1:10He knows how to spell. He knows how to read.
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1:10 - 1:12You wouldn't know it though.
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1:12 - 1:16But, he's just....his teachers say he is smart. It's just getting it out of him.
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1:16 - 1:23He was given his Ipad last year by a friend of ours who saw the 60 minute story on children with Autism and communicating...
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1:23 - 1:28and he said, "We never get ourselves anything for Christmas. We're sending Bryce an Ipad."
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1:28 - 1:33Oh he's very smart and people don't give him credit because when they look at him, this is what they see....
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1:33 - 1:38..they don't realize like you really have to hang out with him to get to know him and realize....he's a genius!
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1:38 - 1:42If you take him somewhere one time, he will follow the highways and expressways on his map and he'll take you exactly
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1:42 - 1:44to where you were.
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1:44 - 1:48He can find like...[Bryce calls for something] Can you find the conservatory?
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1:48 - 1:49He'll find the conservatory.
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1:49 - 1:54He'll find the zoo. Like, he can find Grandma's house. Anything's he's ever gone on, he can find it on there...
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1:54 - 2:01and just by watching him pay attention. Funny games like that, he loves to play.
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2:01 - 2:05Ya' know sometimes you just got to look at the world through the eyes of a child and just be happy.
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2:05 - 2:07And that's what he is.
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2:07 - 2:11Having a child with special needs helps you appreciate everything in life.
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2:11 - 2:13Where he can go and what he can do, nobody knows.
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2:13 - 2:17We can only just hope for the best and that he'll be happy.
- Title:
- Tell Me a Story: Special Needs Change Family's Look at Life
- Description:
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http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/patients/child/special-needs/directory/default/
Diagnosis: cerebral palsy and other health issues
Bryce Staverman was born without the part of the brain that controls his gross and fine motor skills. He cannot walk or talk, but he can understand much more than people might think. A family friend gave him an iPad for Christmas last year, and he uses it to communicate, track his GPS location, search for roller coasters and take his own videos. Watching him makes you wonder about the mysteries of the mind. "No one ever asks for a child with special needs," says his mom, Kris. "But maybe they should, because what they give you is they look at the world with happiness and joy — and they give unconditional love." - Video Language:
- English
- Duration:
- 02:29