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Saturday, October 28, 2006
3:52:00 PM EDT
Hearing Nothing at the moment.

Finding a Voice


I didn't know this: Scott Adams, the cartoonist behind "Dilbert," suffers from a rare brain disease called "Spasmodic Dysphonia," which literally keeps him from talking in many situations. People generally don't recover from the disease, but against all odds Adams has found a way to at least temporarily "rewire" his brain to speak again. He talks about it on his blog. A very interesting -- and very personal -- entry to read.


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  • #2 Comment from mkolasa101 
    10/29/06 2:42 PM | Permalink
    Thank you for sharing this information about Scott Adams it couldn't have come at a better time. I am inspired and just love how so many famous people are so willing to just come forward and share with others.  Very interesting thought and so in tune with my own personal beliefs.  There are so many ways of dealing with those challanges we are faced with none being better than the other and it will be us, each individual, who will bring it all together - formal medicine and holistic healing.  I have no doubt in my mind that each of us can overcome our obstacles as we learn to just go around or climb over instead of butt our heads up against a brick wall.  Reading Scotts "Good News" sure helped me understand more how and why rhyming poetry came streaming into my life seven years ago.  

    Marlene - A Poets Point of View
    http://journals.aol.com/mkolasa101/PurelyPoetry
  • #1 Comment from kevinq2000 
    10/28/06 5:41 PM | Permalink
    This is the same disorder that NPR's Diane Rehm has.  She treats hers with periodic injections of botox to the affected muscles.

    K