Unlike the brain dead Terri, the kid was merely in a coma.
Terri was NEVER diagnosed as being brain dead by anyone. If she had been brain dead, she would have needed a ventilator and other life support systems. Terri died because the vultures decided to starve her and dehydrate her; if you or I were forcibly denied food and water, we would meet the same fate.
This boy was diagnosed as being in a "permanent vegetative state," Terri was said to be in a "persistent vegetative state" (I presume that the terms are synonymous).
"A young boy, who had previously been diagnosed as being in a “permanent vegetative state,” has awakened from a 22 month-long coma and is breathing on his own."
This is how it works...the person is declared PVS, but if they improve they say "oh! they must have been in a coma all along!"
Did you catch the part in the article about the 43% rate of misdiagnosis?
Have you read up on the condition known as "minimally conscious"?