Locked-in Syndrome and the Misplaced Presumption of Misery

Image credit: Jens Linder / Unsplash. Article by Jonathan Moens. Undark – August 8, 2022.

In 1993, Julio Lopes was sipping a coffee at a bar when he had a stroke. He fell into a coma, and two months later, when he regained consciousness, his body was fully paralyzed. Doctors said the young man’s future was bleak: Save for his eyes, he would never be able to move again. Lopes would have to live with locked-in syndrome […]

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