Rewriting the Rules: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability

This biography follows Kathleen Friel, who is born with cerebral palsy when doctors recommend institutionalization, while her parents insist she will grow up at home. As a child, she finds her own ways to manage everyday tasks. She later becomes a neuroscientist and investigates whether repeated movements can help monkeys with brain injuries make new neural connections. Her research finds that this approach can also be used with people who have cerebral palsy.