Patrick Kane - Human 2.0 (KS2 School Visits)

Welcome motivational speaker, campaigner, Ambassador to Össur and Ambassador to The UK Sepsis Trust, Patrick Kane as he talks about his pioneering non-fiction book Human 2.0, illustrated by Sam Rodriguez. From pacemakers to bionic limbs, Patrick will discuss the massive leaps in medical engineering and the remarkable people he's met in making these changes happen as well as Paralympians Richard Whitehead and Blake Leeper, and the world's first 'cyborg' Neil Harbisson.

Patrick became a triple amputee aged 9 months after contracting meningococcal septicaemia in 1998. In 2010, Patrick became the then-youngest person in the world to be fitted bionic arm - the I-Limb Pulse, made by Össur. He has since gone on to carry the Olympic torch as part of the London 2012 Olympic Games, spoke at TEDxTeen in 2014 and appeared at WIRED Next Generation in 2015.

Date - Tuesday 14th October
Available time from... 9am, 11am & 2pm (times approximate)
KS2 Children - School years 3, 4, 5 & 6

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Patrick’s story and his book, Human 2.0, is truly remarkable, and his ability to inspire audiences is evident from the feedback we’ve received from recent events.

QUOTES...

"[A teacher at Vickerstown] had never seen one of their year 5 boys so inspired (a pupil in a wheelchair who went to see Patrick Kane)"

"We were asking the children what they enjoyed the most. They found Patrick's session "exciting" and "fascinating" and it raised lots of questions about people with disability. They were astounded to discover that disability did not hold people back. The owning of this book was especially powerful. One boy, who is writing at 2 years below his age, created his own book about Human 2.0 at home!"