“Beam Therapy, by the book”
By Eric Benderoff
The Chicago Tribune, June 21, 2006
... On Tuesday, Lasting Impressions for Paper Inc., a Utah company that makes a program called MemoryMixer, donated a "memory station" at Children's. The software creates a digital scrapbook that can be printed on special paper or burned to a CD if kids want to include music and video.
..."It's so important for these kids to tell their story," said Mackey, a creative arts therapist at Children's. "Kids see things differently than we do. This technology lets you see things through their eyes."
...The book Juan and Liz Camacho made was titled "10 Things I Love About You." The kids dropped in pictures throughout the book and Liz let Juan use a few sports themes, like soccer, to dress up the pages. And when Juan, with a little help, cropped the picture of his big sister without her mask and put it next to his picture, Liz turned to look at her mom. The smile on her face was so wide and her eyes sparkled so brightly, it was as if her mask had disappeared.
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