Gaming Helps Child Recover
After suffering life threatening injuries in a motorcross accident, Aussie teenager Daniel Hartin, is on the fast track to a full recovery, thanks to intense physiotherapy, the love and support of his family, and the donation of a free gaming notebook.
Recentlyinjured in a motorcycle accident, Australian teenager DanielHartin, has been placed on the fast track to a full recovery,thanks to intense physiotherapy, the support of his family, andthe donation of a laptop computer.
Hartin has only just begun talking, after receiving serious headinjuries while competing in a children's motocross event a coupleof months ago. Despite the painful setback, Daniel was in highspirits on hearing the news that a company called Leading EdgeComputers had offered him a free laptop to aid his recovery.
Jim Whittaker, the director of Leading Edge Computers was quotedas saying:
".....We thought this was something we could do that wouldmake a difference to him....."
Family and doctors hope that playing games on the laptop willhelp Daniel to use his left hand side more, improve hand-eyecoordination, and take his mind off the discomfort and stress ofintense rehabilitation.
With stories of infertility, and chronic back pain circulating in the press, laptops sometimes get a badrap. That's why it's great to hear about some of the positiveuses of notebook computers in today's society.
Currently Daniel is being treated in the Brain InjuryRehabilitation Unit at Westmead, New South Wales. Lets hope hereceived a free top of the range Dell XPS 2 or Ferrari4000 gaming laptop, and not a Pentium 1, running windows 95 :)
