Today I want to shine some "lyte" on adaptation. CNN reporter Campbell Brown did a story on Michelle Mack. Michelle was born with developmental, cognitive, and physical challenges. For years, doctors were baffled as to the cause. Then someone did a MRI. Michelle was born with a half a brain.
Despite the early doomsday predictions about her life, Michelle works, can speak, eat, and walk. She is very good with dates and numbers. And she does all this without the left half of her brain. Her brain rewired itself, and this discovery is opening up a whole new way of looking at how our brains adapt to injury or birth defects.
Michelle will always need some help, but is surprisingly independent. She works from home, pays rent, and is contributing member of society. All this with a half a brain. So what's Glenn Beck's excuse?
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