A Father's Memoir: Unlocking Bryson's Brain w/ Keith McArthur

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8 • 524 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Keith wears many hats. author, podcaster, speaker but most importantly a rare disease dad. Keith wakes up every day with a single focus. To find cures and therapies for people living with GRIN Disorder. His 13-year-old son is one of those people. In this week's episode, we dive headfirst into what life is like for a care-taker and parent of a child living with a severe neurodevelopmental disorder. We also explore the work Keith is doing on his new CBC podcast ""Unlocking Bryson's Brain"" where he takes us along with him on his journey to find a cure. *Any creative, cool or unusual quarantine stories to share? Any pearls of wisdom we can learn from? Check out our COVID Stories survey here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_zvPulkeZOHvkmOQ1Dx4__dh3Z6KVqxVz9fZtTd9lxGfBUA/viewform

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0:05.3	playbook.
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0:27.3	app, including YouTube. This is a CBC podcast. Hello, folks. Before we throw it to this week's episode, just a quick little announcement,
0:43.4	the team here over at Sick Boy Podcast are looking for your quarantine stories. So if you have a
0:51.2	creative, cool, or unusual quarantine story to share, we would love to hear it.
0:56.8	Any perils of wisdom that we could learn from you, we're looking for it.
1:01.0	If you have something interesting to share with us, head on over to our Instagram and click the link in our bio.
1:07.0	And you'll find a little form, a little survey there that you can fill out.
1:10.5	And if we come across something that's really, you know, kind of tickles our fancy,
1:14.9	there's a good chance that it will be featured on a Feel Good Friday episode.
1:19.9	So, again, if you have anything that you'd like to share crazy, unusual, cool, interesting stories
1:25.5	about your time in quarantine, let us know. You can also check
1:28.7	the link in the description of this episode. Okay, we're going to throw into this week's episode
1:34.7	with Keith. Keith is the host of a new CBC podcast called Unlocking Brison's Brain, and it's
1:41.6	about his son, Bryson, who is living with a neurodevelopmental disorder.
1:47.1	And Keith's an amazing guest.
1:48.7	We had a really great time with him.
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