The only way I ever made friends was to have a "secret sign." Our gang wore the sign every day (it was a safety pin with colored beads on it--each girl had a...
Hi Bob, You say that you get people to tell you their names, do you find that is enough or do you ask them to add some context too, like "John from the sports...
Hi Mtukat, I had awful trouble in my first school and in playgroug before that, I was also on the edge of things waiting to be asked to play, then going to...
Lol, I like the idea, I can imagine my doctor shaving his beard and going to work in the local petrol station, I would pay him for my petrol and go home none...
Thank you Susan and Angela for your replies, I understand why you don't tell people Susan, it took me three attempts with my husband of 17 years before he...
For me, when I attempt to recall people's faces it usually comes as blurred faces or only one quality will come out. I can remember cartoon faces just fine...
Interesting. When I think of someone I know very well, such as my sister, I can pretty much see her face, though if I see her in reality, where I don’t...
Nessa, Your last paragraph hits the nail on the head, I think. I also cannot call up a memory of how someone looks. It is sort of a shimmering blur. But I...
Hi everyone This is just to let people with faceblindness know that we will be having our second meeting on Monday Dec 12th near London Bridge. If you live in...
Hi Susan + Nessa (and everyone), From a research standpoint, it is quite common that those with face recognition difficulties are unable to visualize a face...
Hi Bob, Forgive me if someone has already mentioned this, and please note that I am a researcher of face blindness and so cannot speak to first hand...
We have a 7yo son whois face blind, and we have been in contact with The Yonas Lab at U Minnesota: http://www.cehd.umn.edu/icd/yonaslab/prosopagnosia.html They...
"it feels blurry in the interior of the face" That would be me in a nutshell. I recently moved and was looking through some pictures. There's this old...
This can be problematic in systems where there's a strict dress code prohibiting signs of "gang" affiliation. Remember, we're supposed to be about inclusion,...
A decorated notebook or backpack is no good as an identifier on the playground. A child who wears decorated shoe laces is better than a child decorating his...
Have you found the Yonas Lab helpful? Have you been able to determine that your son interacts with people more comfortably now? ~Bonnie On Dec 2, 2011, at 8:59...
not sure this is applicable or helpful but... http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-02/wasps-never-forget-a-face/3709016 A wasp never forgets a face Primates have...
I like to just go ... "I'm faceblind." With that they usually don't ask anymore questions. ~ Cynthia On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 9:06 AM, faceblindann < ... ...
I simply don't think about faces and how to remember them. I can easily place every item in a room in my memory. I can retrace--in detail--every room, every...
I know what my mum looked like, but it’s like a cartoon of her-a woman with an oval face, dark hair, big teeth, large nose, I can’t remember the way she...
Thank you all for the replies to the question about visualising faces, it is obviously very relavent to the recognition process. Now I have another question. I...
What would be wrong if your son were face blind? You say he is clever. You and he could come up with recognition tactics. For him to not know that he is face...
Perhaps his friend has extremely unique features? Interesting features make friends easier to tell from others. I can grab a person I know by their odd nose,...
I have to agree with Bonnie that artificially creating identifiable props will not help your child learn how to identify people in the long term, but would it...
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It makes sense to asume that his difficulty comes from Prosopagnosia, if he is your son. But there is another condition that complicates facial recognition,...
Thats interesting about CVI, I will read up on that, he did run into a door frame at full tilt just after his first birthday and had a huge bump on his...
Another thought about my son. He has two best friends. One is the only boy in the class with floppy blonde hair and a very distinctive accent to his voice....
In less than a week, since I first heard of faceblindness, so many pennies have dropped that I ought to be a millionaire by now! Last night my husband went out...
