She realised that section of her brain was not functioning properly so she devised a series of cognitive exercises to develop it. The results changed her life – and now she has helped thousands of children with learning disabilitiesIt's the kind of memory that stays with you. When she was in first grade,Barbara Arrowsmith-Young's Ontario primary school teacher told her mother – in her presence – that she had some kind of "mental block", and would never be able to learn. Now that she has helped more than 4000 learning-disabled children overcome precisely that kind of diagnosis, and of course,she can laugh at it. But she didn't at the time.
Arrowsmith-Young, now 61, and talks fluently and passionately and with noteworthy erudition. She has a masters degree in school psychology. She has just published a groundbreaking,widely praised and enthralling book called The Woman Who Changed Her Brain. But back at school – indeed, up until she was in her mid-20s – she was desperate. Tormented and often depressed. She didn't know what was wrong.
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Source: theguardian.com