Differentially Able Rather Than Disabled

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Differentially Able Rather Than Disabled
Lotfi B. Merabet
Laboratory for Magnetic Brain Stimulation BI
Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical
School and The Boston Retinal Implant
Project Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and
Center for Innovative Visual Rehabilitation,
Boston VA
Laboratory for Magnetic Brain
Stimulation
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Visual Deprivation
Visual Substitution
Visual Restoration
- neuroplasticity and adaptations
following blindness "potential of the brain"
- "sight" through the remaining
senses "adaptive strategies and assistive
technologies"
- Retinal Prosthesis Program "functionality
and useful vision"
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Visual Deprivation
Visual Substitution
Visual Restoration
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How do they do it?