- has greater control when frustrated;
- exhibits more empathy;
- showing more reasoning power;
- has better day to day memory;
- initiating conversation with content greater than social niceties;
- initiating participation with others in household chores;
- also initiating some household chores independently, and
- an instance of independently returning to computer work after a break.
And I'm just starting to read a series of essays by Floyd Skloot, who suffered marked brain damage from a bout of viral encephalitis. He describes his struggles so simply and profoundly, I'll be reading In the Shadow of Memory to our children.
