What the heck is 'rewiring the brain' anyways?

This is a very good story. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-07-03-brain-rewired_x.htm It gives a lot of people with brain injuries hope. Those people wonder, though, how did he do it? "I want to do that." Well you are, sort of.

I saw something about me, "...a testament to the immense amount of plasticity that the brain is capable of." http://www.sciple.org/neuroflocks11/day0.html
 

My brain did it! How?

"What is neuroplasticity, though? It has to be easy so I can understand."

The words "neuroplasticity" and "rewiring the brain" are the same.

Semantics

I saved this definition, but the source is no longer there. Many programs operate under this. Some diagnoses I've seen make me wonder, because they are developmental in nature and I know the injury did not occur before age 18.

The condition must have begun prior to

age 18. The purpose of this criterion is to emphasize that

mental retardation is a developmental disability (the word

"retard" means to slow or delay). Therefore, a person who

suffers a stroke or a serious head injury during adulthood

would probably be considered to have a traumatic brain injury

and not mental retardation.

The right diagnosis is needed for financial and programming purposes.