Gail Buckley
Autism From the Inside: More of Meaghan's Voice
To read more of Meaghan's words, and to get a remarkable glimpse inside the autistic mind, please read her book, imPOSSIBLE DREAM. It...
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Gail Buckley
The Reality of Living with Autism
To read more of Meaghan's words, and to get a remarkable glimpse inside the autistic mind, please read her book, imPOSSIBLE DREAM. It...
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Meaghan Buckley
Meaghan's Voice: A Young Woman with Autism Speaks Out
I have listened enough. It is time for me to speak. I have a lot to teach the world about autism. I think that there is a lot of...
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Gail Buckley
If I must drool, I may as well drool on cashmere
“But I see in the clothes a symbol of continuing life. And proof that I still want to be myself. If I must drool, I may as well drool on...
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Gail Buckley
Explaining Phantom Limbs and Pain
The phantom limb was first proposed by Silas Weir Mitchell, an American physician who tended the wounded at Gettysburg and became...
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Gail Buckley
Today it seems to me that my whole life was nothing but a string of those small near misses
“Today it seems to me that my whole life was nothing but a string of those small near misses: a race whose result we know beforehand but...
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Gail Buckley
A very black fly settles on my nose. I waggle my head to unseat him. He digs in...
“Sunday. I contemplate my books, piled up on the windowsill to constitute a small library: a rather useless one, for today no one will...
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Gail Buckley
I shed a few tears as we passed the corner café where I used to drop in for a bite
“I shed a few tears as we passed the corner café where I used to drop in for a bite. I can weep discreetly. People think my eye is...
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Gail Buckley
“I Can Connect Anything to Anything”
Excerpted from the book: The Brain That Changes Itself Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science By Norman Doidge,...
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Gail Buckley
Paul Bach-y-Rita and Sensory Substitution
Excerpted from the book: The Brain That Changes Itself Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science By Norman Doidge,...
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Gail Buckley
Sylvie and I remain alone and silent, her hand squeezing my inert fingers
“Wind begins to whip up the sand. The tide has gone out so far that swimmers look like tiny dots on the horizon. The children run to...
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Gail Buckley
Veering Away from Localizationism
Excerpted from the book: The Brain That Changes Itself Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science By Norman Doidge,...
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Gail Buckley
Today is Father's Day. Until my stroke, we had felt no need to fit this made-up holiday...
“Today is Father's Day. Until my stroke, we had felt no need to fit this made-up holiday into our emotional calendar. But today we spend...
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Gail Buckley
The Man with A Shattered World
Excerpted from the book: The Brain That Changes Itself Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science By Norman Doidge,...
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Gail Buckley
I need to feel strongly, to love and to admire, just as desperately as I need to breathe
“I need to feel strongly, to love and to admire, just as desperately as I need to breathe. A letter from a friend, a Balthus painting on...
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Gail Buckley
Mysterious paradox: time, motionless here, gallops out there...
“Mysterious paradox: time, motionless here, gallops out there. In my contracted world, the hours drag on but the months flash by.” -...
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Gail Buckley
My diving bell becomes less oppressive, and my mind takes flight like a butterfly...
“My diving bell becomes less oppressive, and my mind takes flight like a butterfly. There is so much to do. You can wander off in space...
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Gail Buckley
But for now, I would be the happiest of men if I could just swallow...
“But for now, I would be the happiest of men if I could just swallow the overflow of saliva that endlessly floods my mouth. Even before...
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Gail Buckley
Under the physical therapist’s gaze, I am a Tour de France long shot
“Under the physical therapist’s gaze, I am a Tour de France long shot on the verge of pulling off a record-setting victory. Success...
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Gail Buckley
“You can handle the wheelchair," said the occupational therapist
“You can handle the wheelchair," said the occupational therapist, with a smile intended to make the remark sound like good news, whereas...
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