8 Actor and Social Networks

DOI: 10.4324/9781003092582-14

Ethan Deviney was born without a cerebellum,1 the part of our brain that is found at the back of our head where our skull curves down to meet our neck. It is a dense knot of brain tissue, which, while comprising only about a tenth of our brain’s volume, contains half of its cells. At 18 months, Ethan was referred to a development specialist, because he was not sitting or crawling like his older brothers had done. The specialist found his cognitive development to be on track as was his social and physical development and his fine motor skills. But his gross motor skills, his ability to hold his body steady or to crawl, were behind as were his language abilities. But it was not until ...

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