Michael Adams was 16 when, after being thrown from his car in a devastating accident, he fractured his skull in three places.
The film producer from New York fell into a coma for two weeks, and woke up a shadow of his former bright, fun-loving self.
For the following decade, he had trouble speaking, making friends and completing the simplest of daily tasks due to extensive nerve damage to his brain.
Until, that is, he happened across what is perhaps