Inspiration and Ideas

• A play about an a boy who has been paralyzed his whole life, but his mind still functions the same as someone "normal." 
• He's able to comprehend that he's different, and instead of being depressed, he observes others and finds insignificant things facinating. He finds joy in and peace in everything around him. 
• However, at the same time, he has dreams about himself being able to walk and talk to other people. He can tell his parents are always under a lot of stress about money and their broken marriage. 
• His condition is terminal, and gets worse every year. All at the same time, he's growing up and becoming an adolecent. He struggles to communicate and starts to feel the physical toll of being sick.