Greg.See-Kee@p0.f404.n714.z3.fidonet.org (Greg See-Kee) (02/28/90)
Index Number: 6988
Went to the formation meeting, 4 years ago. *
* More news/gossip about that if you ask...
But last night, went to the Conference dinner. It was held in my
city, the biggest in Australia. HICOA bused me from and returned
me home.
I could have driven my (absolutely new) car *. But the nature of
my disability - BRAIN DAMAGE - makes me like the standard drunken
driver *
Had a spendid flirtation with another charming woman - she is
able
three times more head injured than me. I am about twice as head
injured as a normal person who has a social glass of alcoholic
drink *
Unfortunately Susanne & I were very different. I was more like
her father. She 28, me - 40 years old! Her dad was Lecturer in
Education at a nearby university. But my musical tastes were
neither hers nor her father's tastes.
Interestingly, her pituitary gland (she didn't know the medical
side) had been damage. Susanne understood it as "I don't have my
periods any more". *
At my dinner table sat 2 of the top brain-damage medical
practritioners in Australia.
Dr John Dixon didn't disagree with my points:
1) Brain Damage is part of normalcy eg drinking alcohol, &
gerontocratic politicians.
2) Research is well underway on the peripheral nervous system,
but we don't know much about the CNS (Central Nervous System,
which includes the brain.
3) Treatment for medical disorders reflects the level of
understanding that we have on whatever medical disorder is
researched.
4) All brain injured people have more in common with each
other, no matter how they received their disability, than they
have in their differences.
5) Because Brain Damage is relatively "invisible", it receives
low priority by the community, the legal practitioners,
academics, researchers, and governments.
6) My racial minority status (Australian-born Chinese - ABC) is
far bigger handicap to me than any medical disability *
7) ... *
* more gossip/discussion on these points, if you seem
interested ...
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