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Another High-Tech Special-Needs Home from
Extreme Makeover

By , About.com GuideFebruary 15, 2008

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Once again this week, Ty Pennington and his crew on the ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition will be helping out a family of a young person with special needs.

The episode airing on Sunday night features the family of 19-year-old Patrick Henry Hughes, whose inability to see or walk has not stopped him from becoming a musician, going to college, and performing in a marching band.

One major goal of this particular home renovation was to increase Patrick's independence, and it sounds as though it will be a showcase for the latest in architecture and gadgetry for people with his disabilities.

If you want to learn a little more about Patrick and his family before Sunday's broadcast, these sites have articles or blog entries about the episode:

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