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05 Mar 2009, 1:42 am

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Some people with CP are above average intelligence, especially in certain areas. I have significant right hemisphere brain damage, so my mathematical ability is impaired while my verbal/linguistic ability is above average. My spatial orientation is also impaired; I don't like driving, for example.


That is interesting, I cant do math, even very basic stuff, I never thought of it like that, I need a brain scan! I am also pretty non verbal, but I always thought it was the autism, hard to tell I guess. I wonder if spelling is the same part of the brain as math?

Yeah, I like to believe I am a genius, most people that know me might disagree though, lol



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05 Mar 2009, 10:29 am

roadracer wrote:
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Some people with CP are above average intelligence, especially in certain areas. I have significant right hemisphere brain damage, so my mathematical ability is impaired while my verbal/linguistic ability is above average. My spatial orientation is also impaired; I don't like driving, for example.


That is interesting, I cant do math, even very basic stuff, I never thought of it like that, I need a brain scan! I am also pretty non verbal, but I always thought it was the autism, hard to tell I guess. I wonder if spelling is the same part of the brain as math?

Yeah, I like to believe I am a genius, most people that know me might disagree though, lol


going online opens up a big world. lots of people are really disabled and fu***ed up - i won't go into detail - but you so much that millions of people in the hospitals, nursing homes, and on the streets do not have - you've got domestic comfort, you are hooked up to the Internet, you can think and connect with people via the forums, you are not dying from a mrsa infection that is eating up your body, and your are not having growing crates in your thighs from a calcium overproduction disorder that is slowly killing you, you are not completely out of your mind like people with alzheimers or schizophrenia - plus a lot of people in third world countries - even my former neighbors - would switch places with you any day. being normal in a very bad situation is not as good as being disabled in a so-so situation.



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05 Mar 2009, 8:14 pm

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going online opens up a big world. lots of people are really disabled and fu***ed up - i won't go into detail - but you so much that millions of people in the hospitals, nursing homes, and on the streets do not have - you've got domestic comfort, you are hooked up to the Internet, you can think and connect with people via the forums, you are not dying from a mrsa infection that is eating up your body, and your are not having growing crates in your thighs from a calcium overproduction disorder that is slowly killing you, you are not completely out of your mind like people with alzheimers or schizophrenia - plus a lot of people in third world countries - even my former neighbors - would switch places with you any day. being normal in a very bad situation is not as good as being disabled in a so-so situation.


I am not understanding the message you are trying to send me??? I know people are way worse off then me, that is why I said my problems are minor. I was just posting stuff relevant to the topic. I have more confidence in myself then most people, so if you thought I was complaining I was not. If I somehow offended you, I am sorry!



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06 Mar 2009, 12:05 am

roadracer wrote:
Learning2Survive wrote:
going online opens up a big world. lots of people are really disabled and fu***ed up - i won't go into detail - but you so much that millions of people in the hospitals, nursing homes, and on the streets do not have - you've got domestic comfort, you are hooked up to the Internet, you can think and connect with people via the forums, you are not dying from a mrsa infection that is eating up your body, and your are not having growing crates in your thighs from a calcium overproduction disorder that is slowly killing you, you are not completely out of your mind like people with alzheimers or schizophrenia - plus a lot of people in third world countries - even my former neighbors - would switch places with you any day. being normal in a very bad situation is not as good as being disabled in a so-so situation.


I am not understanding the message you are trying to send me??? I know people are way worse off then me, that is why I said my problems are minor. I was just posting stuff relevant to the topic. I have more confidence in myself then most people, so if you thought I was complaining I was not. If I somehow offended you, I am sorry!


sorry i was just going off on a rant about what I think about MY life. i tend to go on random rants like that.



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13 Mar 2009, 10:35 pm

I have fibro/CFS secondary to sensory issues.