A wonderful video from Australia that demonstrates what can be achieved with persistence and neuroplasticity. My friend Iona Novak is also in it. Those who have read my book,The Boy […]
What Do You See?
Look to the right and it is obviously a rabbit; look to the left and it becomes a duck. This perceptual image is a great example how our brains actively […]
Test and Test Again: Brains Keep Growing
In this series of brain scans, the most immature parts show up as red to yellow. It is shocking to see just how little of a 5 year old brain […]
When is It Too Late for Changes in Speech?
How much change can you expect in a day or two? If you access the child’s neuroplasticity with a novel challenge, the change can be amazing. Listen to Oscar reading […]
What Can You Do With Half a Brain?
Infants and young children do surprisingly well after the surgical removal or disconnection of up to half of their brain. Most can talk, walk and even run. These exceptional children […]
Baby Brain Neuroplasticity
This diagram represents the relative size of a three-year-old brain compared to an 18-year-old brain. I picked a three-year-old brain because this is the age when most children are diagnosed […]
Ready For a Cure?
There is every reason to think that the next 10 years will bring more cures of cerebral palsy by either preventing or by treating the early brain damage that is […]
Does Your Child have ADHD?
You might be surprised to find that the diagnosis of ADHD relates to the child’s birthday. In a new study from Taiwan, the diagnosis of ADHD was more common in […]
Dyskinetic Quadriplegia – Athetosis, Choreoathetosis & Ataxia – GMFCS I to V
These are the main movement disorders seen in children with cerebral palsy. Collectively they now represent 10 to 15% of children with CP, but there is a much higher proportion […]
Cerebral Palsy – Spastic Quadriplegia – GMFCS Level I – III
In preterm pattern quadriplegia, the legs are most involved and in full term pattern quadriplegia, the arms, hands, upper trunk and face more involved. The patterns are like bilateral […]