Struggling to get into the spirit of things this year? Enter Adam Bojelian. Even though the 12 year old with cerebral palsy can only move his eyelids, he has produced a catchy carol with a little help from his friends.
Although Adam lost movement in his limbs at ten months old, he manages to communicate with his family by blinking as his mother Zoe points out the letters of the alphabet.
According to an article in the UK Sun, she then painstakingly transcribed her son's Christmas poem, which has since been accompanied with music and a fun video.
“Once he had all the words he needed he put them in order. It took him a week to write all the words for the poem,” says Zoe.
When it became clear that Adam wanted his poem—about Santa delivering presents with a crew of monkeys instead of elves—turned into a song for Make a Wish, his mother enlisted the help of a Hollywood musician. Tom Harrison, who composes music for the TV series CSI, jumped at the chance to make the remarkable boy's dream come true.
“[Adam’s] really inspiring," says Harrison. "Despite all his difficulties, Adam was able to create something so wonderful. Because Adam’s poem was so beautifully written and rhymed well, it only took me about three hours to compose the music to go with the words."
Animator Nikki Godley then got involved, creating a video to accompany the single, which is currently sold to raise funds for CHAS, a charity in support of children’s hospices in Scotland.
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