'The Rain Man in us all': It all started with a bump

Updated May 1 2014 - 3:15pm, first published 3:00pm

Being knocked unconscious might change any one of us. It might affect us physically, causing double vision or headaches, or mentally, making us fearful or even grumpy. But few could dream of the altered state Jason Padgett found himself in after just such an injury - caused in his case by a blow to the head during a late-night mugging outside a karaoke bar in 2002.

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