Our eyes are powerful communicators, and they’re even more vital when other muscles stop working. For example, in the final stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), many people can’t move their ...

Jenny Eckart Hoyt directs her daughter Winnie's attention to an "eye gaze" device in their Portland, Ore., home. The communication skills the eye gaze can unlock are critical for Winnie's educational ...

This eye gaze technology plays an important role in helping Winnie communicate, but only if she has opportunities to freely explore it with a trained instructor, "kind of like she is right now," ...