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Abnormal movement and disabled functions

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All human beings possess unique differences in their natural skills and cognitive abilities, and variable competency in functional tasks. Having explored the established ‘norms’ of human behaviour and raised awareness of the underlying intricate and infinite biogenesis — in order to answer the question of ‘What is it all about?’ — the answers to the following questions should be relatively straightforward:

‘I am a lone lorn creetur,’ were Mrs Gummidge’s words, ... ‘and everythink goes contrairy with me.’

(Charles Dickens, David Copperfield)

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© 1994 Polly Laidler

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Laidler, P. (1994). Abnormal movement and disabled functions. In: Stroke Rehabilitation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3470-3_7

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