you also can study something like, take, for instance, dyslexia, people who have trouble with reading, by knowing what parts of the brain are involved in the normal reading process that helps you to understand dyslexia. >> can you look inside the brain? >> you can look inside of it in surgery, but you can't do that normally, so you have pet scans, mri scans, cat scans. >> what's the best scans to see as much as you can deeply into the brain? >> it depends if you want to see structure or function. if you want to see structure, mr . function, meaning what's happening, look at pet scans or functional mri's, but to demonstrate looking at geography and looking at what is happening. >> so you do a lot of that? >> yeah, we do both of them, yes. >> that's neurology. >> that's neurology, uh-huh. >> your contention is that the average life-span is not only increasing, but you recommend that we consider our life-span in terms of becoming 100 years old, is that right? >> yes, that's certainly a good possibility. >> well, the statistics are on your side. there are more today, as we learned from st

well, it's just alexa's struggling with her reading, and no-one's tested her for dyslexia.lieve that? is alexa still here? night, night. all right, come on. what's that doing there? come on. ( women chattering ) ( house phone ringing ) sue! it's for you. i mean, at the school sarah's kids are at they routinely screen them for dyslexia and dyspraxia. sue! it's for you. listen, i'll leave you to it. here, it's for you. who is it? it's angela. oh, hi, angela. bye, pete. oh, are you going, jane? yes. finally. oh, well, let me, um... oh, really, angela? i've done 50 of these already. good, just another 150 to go, then. bye! oh, yeah. bye. see ya. sorry, angela. what do you say, alexa? thank you for having me. oh, do you know what, you are very welcome. hiya. hiya. jane, this is... sue's sister. angela. hi. which is a coincidence, 'cause sue's on the phone to her friend angela. oh, right. uh, this is alexa. hi, alexa. that's a pretty name. jane and alexa were just leaving. okay. oh, that is a beautiful necklace. oh, thank you. do you know, i saw one just like that in seville a co

even a cult brain injury, much less more obvious brain injury and conditions that might lead to dyslexia, agraphia, confidentiality difficulties with reading, writing, math and so on. that we have bundled under learning disabilities as an example. further, as we see the difference in children, we have medication differences, pharmacologic interventions that are not effective with children or put children at risk that can be used in adults. and then, of course, we have the real social dilemma in terms of how we treat these children. it's difficult to amass them in a single environment and take them out of their cultural surroundings, family, school, et cetera. and so unfortunately, because of the vagaries of rehabilitation coverage, the schools do end up being the de facto rehabilitation setting. it's not what they're trained for, it's not what they're prepared for. they certainly have stepped up and tried to address the problem. but the medical rehabilitation of children really ought to be left to medical professionals. >> mr. chair, thanks. i recognize the ranking member for five minute

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eugenie on scoliosis and beatrice from dyslexia. >> those are the bits i enjoy the most.bulance in the second world war? >> reporter: you have talked to her about it. what do you think? >> she's driving now. she still drives the big trucks around balmoral. >> reporter: she'll offer them support. princess beatrice sold hers l h later on for money for charity. >> to talk about the hat thing. it was such a -- wacky turn of events. i thing with my grandmother, we laughed a lot about it. when the sale was completed, we were sort of -- that was a thing where it was a funny sense of humor. >> reporter: is she grandmother first or queen? >> grandmother. >> granny. >> reporter: is that what you call her? >> yes. >> she said i'm too young to be a grandmother. >> reporter: she's a great-gr d great-grandmother now. >> exactly. >> reporter: do you feel pressure? does she set a high bar? >> i don't feel added pressure. everybody wants to make their family proud. >> she loves us the way we are. we look up to her like any granddaughter would to any grandmother. >> reporter: for "good mor

as a child who struggled with dyslexia, he was able to overcome the hurdles he faced in the classroom and achieve educational excellence. he earned his bachelor's degree in business from the university of north carolina and has taught at harvard and columbia university. he also holds ten honorary dorral degrees. he served as governor from 1989 to 1997. during his two terms in office, governor caperton made education a top priority and improved the lives of thousands of west virginia students. he supported an 8 hoomed -- 8le hundred million dollars school renovation that benefited two-thirds of west virginia school students, facilitating class rooment upgrades and additional renovations in all of our schools. governor caperton has been recognized nationally for working to upgrade our state's classroom technology, to keep west virginia students competitive and increasingly global economy, in addition he helped raise teacher salaries from 49th place to 31st place in the nation. governor caperton's leadership in education left a lasting legacy in our state and i am so proud of the work he