> A recent eye infection I got has drawn many sideways glances. Reflecting on what people with visible #disabilities [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23disabilities&src=hash] endure — Shankar Vedantam (@HiddenBrain) February 20, 2013 [https://twitter.com/HiddenBrain/statuses/304346442674356224]…
> Brain damage has its downsides, but for a few, their accidents allowed them to become savants with new talents http://t.co/67NgYX86 — Popular Science (@PopSci) February 19, 2013 [https://twitter.com/PopSci/statuses/303885125517717504] An interesting longread that shows you always can accentuate the positive.…
So I’ve seen [electrotherapy repurposed to art](http://mikeschultz.ghost.io/a-new-empi/). Now it’s being repurposed to gaming.via Gizmodo [http://gizmodo.com/5981787/creepy-smartphone-add+on-shocks-your-muscles-for-realistic-force-feedback]…
@Xeni reminds me of the way I feel about rehab patients and therapists. > I spent the day at my cancer center. You know who my heroes are? Every goddamned soul in the infusion room, post-op recovery, or radiation. — Xeni Jardin (@xeni) January 18, 2013 [https://twitter.com/xeni/statuses/…
> “Combining robotic exercise with regular rehabilitation may be the key to successful intervention,” said Kayoko Takahashi, lead author of the study. Robots could allow therapists to focus on helping patients master daily activities while maintaining repetitive training, Takahashi said. The new study involved 60 stroke survivors with hemiplegia (paralysis…
Never quite heard the stakes for rehab framed this way> Research suggests rehabilitation work should start in the acute care hospital as early as 24 to 48 hours after a stroke. “That’s where we see the best outcome and the most opportunity because the brain is still adapting…
> One #resolution [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23resolution&src=hash]: to more fully convey big medical/economic win from #telestroke [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23telestroke&src=hash] approach to averting brain attacks. http://t.co/gESQVYYp — Andy Revkin (@Revkin) January 1, 2013 [https://twitter.com/Revkin/…