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Brain Balance – follow up
Posted on April 11, 2017 2 Comments
In the four years since I wrote my initial post about Brain Balance, I have received innumerable emails from anxious parents asking for my perspective following the program. Unfortunately, I am no longer able to personally respond to all the inquiries I receive. I am writing this post to address those questions, and to provide […]
Don’t tell me I’m normal
Posted on February 14, 2014 Leave a Comment
If you get a chance, I highly recommend this TED talk called What I’ve learned from my autistic brothers, by Faith Jegede. She talks about living and learning from her autistic brothers, and what we can take away: Now, I cannot deny that there have been some challenging moments in my family, moments where I’ve wished that […]
Left Brain, Right Brain
Posted on February 3, 2014 1 Comment
As we observe both of our children in their Brain Balance programs, we continue to be curious about the emerging research on the brain. Mercedes-Benz just produced a visually compelling advertisement which I think does a beautiful job representing the differences between the left and right sides of the brain. You can click on the […]
New research on dyslexia
Posted on December 7, 2013 Leave a Comment
This morning I read an interesting article about some new research on dyslexia. There were a couple of key passages that resonated with me: Some hypothesize that in people with dyslexia, the way that speech sounds are represented in the brain is impaired, while others contend that the brains of people with dyslexia represent the […]
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