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From the Ted Talk by Aditi Shankardass: A second opinion on developmental disorders

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For too long now, children with developmental disorders have suffered from miagdsinioss while their real pberolms have gone undetected and left to werosn. And for too long, these children and their pentars have suffered undue faouirsrttn and desperation. But we are now in a new era of neuroscience, one in which we can finally look directly at brain function in real time with no rskis and no side effects, non-invasively, and find the true source of so many dsitilbaieis in children.

So if I could inspire even a fiaroctn of you in the audience today to share this pioneering diagnostic approach with even one panret whose child is sieuffnrg from a developmental disorder, then perhaps one more puzzle in one more brain will be solved. One more mind will be unlocked. And one more child who has been misdiagnosed or even undiagnosed by the system will finally realize his or her true potential while there's still time for his or her brain to recover. And all this by simply watching the child's brainwaves.

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For too long now, children with developmental disorders have suffered from ____________ while their real ________ have gone undetected and left to ______. And for too long, these children and their _______ have suffered undue ___________ and desperation. But we are now in a new era of neuroscience, one in which we can finally look directly at brain function in real time with no _____ and no side effects, non-invasively, and find the true source of so many ____________ in children.

So if I could inspire even a ________ of you in the audience today to share this pioneering diagnostic approach with even one ______ whose child is _________ from a developmental disorder, then perhaps one more puzzle in one more brain will be solved. One more mind will be unlocked. And one more child who has been misdiagnosed or even undiagnosed by the system will finally realize his or her true potential while there's still time for his or her brain to recover. And all this by simply watching the child's brainwaves.

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Original Text


For too long now, children with developmental disorders have suffered from misdiagnosis while their real problems have gone undetected and left to worsen. And for too long, these children and their parents have suffered undue frustration and desperation. But we are now in a new era of neuroscience, one in which we can finally look directly at brain function in real time with no risks and no side effects, non-invasively, and find the true source of so many disabilities in children.

So if I could inspire even a fraction of you in the audience today to share this pioneering diagnostic approach with even one parent whose child is suffering from a developmental disorder, then perhaps one more puzzle in one more brain will be solved. One more mind will be unlocked. And one more child who has been misdiagnosed or even undiagnosed by the system will finally realize his or her true potential while there's still time for his or her brain to recover. And all this by simply watching the child's brainwaves.

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