Public Address | Cafe | Access: A different and interesting brain https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366982#post366982 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366982#post366982 People with spina bifida and hydrocephalus are often not very good at maths, so that is a subject we concentrated on. We tend to be a lot better at things like reading, creative writing and spelling,

Reminds me of a young friend who also had hydrocephalus ( associated with spina…

]]> Sun, 02 Oct 2016 13:26:45 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366963#post366963 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366963#post366963 None of my neurosurgeons or any of my doctors have ever commented

That's poor on their part.

]]> Sat, 01 Oct 2016 16:57:38 +1300 Pip Guthrey https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366956#post366956 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366956#post366956 Sat, 01 Oct 2016 14:39:02 +1300 Christine Peet https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366952#post366952 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366952#post366952 Sat, 01 Oct 2016 12:38:45 +1300 William Ray https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366880#post366880 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366880#post366880 Wed, 28 Sept 2016 11:07:57 +1300 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366879#post366879 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366879#post366879 'Accidentally Kelly Street

Frente were such a happy band and that album especially. Except for the lyrics of 190. I saw them perform with Alanis Morrissette of all people, the contrast was *weird*.

]]> Wed, 28 Sept 2016 10:54:53 +1300 Chelle Hope https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366867#post366867 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366867#post366867 Wed, 28 Sept 2016 08:36:29 +1300 Chelle Hope https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366866#post366866 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366866#post366866 I would so love to be able to do the 'mind map' thing. The visual world often makes no sense to me at all beyond what I immediately see. Not being able to put that snapshot into any wider context is a real pain.

Weirdly, I read maps really quite…

]]> Wed, 28 Sept 2016 08:32:50 +1300 Chelle Hope https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366864#post366864 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366864#post366864 Wed, 28 Sept 2016 08:27:01 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366856#post366856 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366856#post366856 probably-slightly-aspergers

'Accidentally Kelly Street', this aspie brain associated right away. Diverse minds are wonderful.

]]> Tue, 27 Sept 2016 22:14:57 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366843#post366843 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366843#post366843 Tue, 27 Sept 2016 17:10:53 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366837#post366837 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366837#post366837 Tue, 27 Sept 2016 16:21:59 +1300 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366829#post366829 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366829#post366829 I’m less good at actually reading maps.

My partner seems to share that, despite being an architect. Apparently reading maps is not at all like reading plans (and she is a whizz CAD monkey). Google maps is her friend. Whereas I tend to look at the map to make sure…

]]> Tue, 27 Sept 2016 14:22:55 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366827#post366827 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366827#post366827 In places quite new to me, even if I’ve been before, I rely entirely on GPS. Every time I leave a place, including where I’m staying, it looks like a completely new place I’ve never been, to me. I don’t recognise it.

That mental-map thing resonated with me. If I’m…

]]> Tue, 27 Sept 2016 13:19:15 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366826#post366826 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366826#post366826 Still, I think most people have something they would like to be good at but just aren’t and never will be.

Quite. More broadly I've enjoyed asking a few non-disabled colleagues over the years how they feel about not being the astronaut, firefighter or ballet dancer they dreamed of. We…

]]> Tue, 27 Sept 2016 12:44:22 +1300 Chelle Hope https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366825#post366825 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366825#post366825 Tue, 27 Sept 2016 12:31:12 +1300 Deborah https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366823#post366823 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366823#post366823 Tue, 27 Sept 2016 10:55:49 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366822#post366822 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366822#post366822 I do eventually remember how to get around my physical environment. It just takes my brain longer to store that information than it does for most others.

Ah. Like that last time we had a cup of tea and I couldn't work out how you could have headed off in…

]]> Tue, 27 Sept 2016 09:22:09 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366821#post366821 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-a-different-and-interesting-brain/?p=366821#post366821 Discussion from blog post.

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