It may seem like a simple enough task to you and me, but eating a hamburger with both hands can be quite daunting when you lack bilateral coordination (that is, when you can't get both of your hands to work at the same thing at the same time). Holding a bowl and stirring, threading a needle, buttoning your pants, tying your shoes, eating a sandwich - in fact, any task that requires the use of both of your hands - can only be accomplished through bilateral coordination.
Shiloh has always had trouble with this. He would try something with one hand, but somehow couldn't get the other one involved. In effect, he was limping along using only one side of his brain, because in order to use both hands at once, both sides of the brain must work in tandem. His problem was that the two sides of his brain weren't communicating very well.
Shiloh isn't the only one with this problem. Most people with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) or PDD (Pervasive Developmental Delay) have trouble thinking the way you and I do because the various parts of their brains fail to communicate with each other as they should. The result is a lot of confusion, uncertainty, and anxiety.
The RDI program (Relationship Development Intervention) is about forging new connections in the brain in order to retrain it to think properly. Once the two sides are able to work together, natural dynamic thought can occur. Coupled with Occupational Therapy, Shiloh's brain is learning to communicate with itself, which helps his thoughts make it to the right place and allows him to do all sorts of new things that he could never have done before. Suddenly, he's beginning to grasp dynamic communication, thinking, and problem-solving.
And he can even eat a hamburger with both hands.
Shiloh has always had trouble with this. He would try something with one hand, but somehow couldn't get the other one involved. In effect, he was limping along using only one side of his brain, because in order to use both hands at once, both sides of the brain must work in tandem. His problem was that the two sides of his brain weren't communicating very well.
Shiloh isn't the only one with this problem. Most people with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) or PDD (Pervasive Developmental Delay) have trouble thinking the way you and I do because the various parts of their brains fail to communicate with each other as they should. The result is a lot of confusion, uncertainty, and anxiety.
The RDI program (Relationship Development Intervention) is about forging new connections in the brain in order to retrain it to think properly. Once the two sides are able to work together, natural dynamic thought can occur. Coupled with Occupational Therapy, Shiloh's brain is learning to communicate with itself, which helps his thoughts make it to the right place and allows him to do all sorts of new things that he could never have done before. Suddenly, he's beginning to grasp dynamic communication, thinking, and problem-solving.
And he can even eat a hamburger with both hands.
2 reactions:
Yay for Shiloh!
cool. :D
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