Thanks to a remarkable piece of technology called Tobii, 10-year-old Alaina Fedigan is able to be your average 5^th grader.

“Tobii has really allowed her to be a kid," her mother Brianna Long said. "Tell jokes, watch videos (and) express her wants and needs.”

Alaina was born with cerebral palsy, and can’t voluntarily move or speak on her own.

“Before I got this, I had no way to communicate,” Alaina said.

But using technology that tracks her retinas, the device will speak for her.

“She’s got tons of pages on there, wants, needs, foods…” Long said.

She can also use the device to talk on the phone, surf the internet and even do her homework and classwork.

“Everything she does is on that screen,” Long said.

In a couple words, Tobii has been “life-changing,” Alaina said.

She’s had the device since she was 3, and gets a new one every five years. She’s taught in a normal classroom setting, and gets all the same work as her classmates.

“She’s come a long way. She has lots of friends…they love her,” Long said.

And with Tobii, Alaina says the sky is the limit.

“I have dreams and goals, and it helps me achieve them," Alaina said. "And one of them is to be a GI doctor.”

It’s a message she wants to share with others like her.

“If you’re in a wheelchair like me, don’t be afraid to have big dreams and complete them, because you can do anything you put your brain to,” Alaina said.