A+Second+Opinion+on+Learning+Disorders

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I like this TED talk so much that I had to check the assignment details to make sure that unreserved endorsement is an appropriate sort of "journal response." This needs to be always on our minds as teachers - not EEGs per se, but the concept of diagnosis. At the very least, we should keep an open mind that our students' IEPs may not be accurate, because our understanding of the brain is so far from perfect.

I wish that Dr. Shankardass had left the audience with more of a sense of "next steps," of how we can participate in these new technological changes. She clearly belongs on the cutting edge of neurology as a pioneer, but she is also involved in activism and outreach. Since her talk only lasted for eight or nine minutes, she would have had plenty of time to make these connections to other fields, such as education or even medicine, and I wish she had.