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Erik Ramsey is 25 years old and hasn't spoken in almost a decade -- not since a stroke sealed him up, awake and intelligent, inside his own skull. He can feel, but he can't move any part of his body, except his eyes, which exhausts him. His condition called locked-in syndrome. (Text by S.I. Rosenbaum, Globe Correspondent)
Erik Ramsey is 25 years old and hasn't spoken in almost a decade -- not since a stroke sealed him up, awake and intelligent, inside his own skull. He can feel, but he can't move any part of his body, except his eyes, which exhausts him. His condition called locked-in syndrome.

(Text by S.I. Rosenbaum, Globe Correspondent)
(Globe staff Photo / David Kamerman)
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