Tag: neuroplasticity

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Neuroplasticity, learning disabilities and domestic abuse

Barbara Roberts29 Comments

I recently read The Woman Who Changed Her Brain, a book by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young who founded Arrowsmith, a secular program for students with learning disabilities. Barbara Arrowsmith-Young’s TEDx talk, ‘The Woman Who Changed Her Brain’, can be viewed here. Here is the blurb from the back cover of The Woman Who Changed her Brain: And… Continue reading Neuroplasticity, learning disabilities and domestic abuse

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Barbara Roberts22 Comments

Yesterday I watched Jeff S's live concert on the web. Megan and I watched it together, and her husband David got home from work in the middle and watched it too once he'd tucked Meg's youngest child into bed. Megan sometimes sang backing harmonies with her exquisite soprano. I danced my hands in the air… Continue reading Friends