... I don't regard PA as a disorder, neither devastating. ... You cannot "rehabilitate" differences in face recognition circuity. If art has any positive...
... It's not too bad most of the time but I will admit that I was depressed for two days when I found out that an old classmate (She's a well known actress in...
... I've noticed that I can almost always identify naturally red-haired people in what appears to be a normal amount of time and after what appears to be a...
... I'm almost normal with longhaired men. Extremely kinky hair like Africans have just doesn't work though. I guess the texture of it to me doesn't look...
... be ... Ditto here. I still remember my 4 grade teacher. She had coppery red hair and I've never met anyone else with hair that shade. I never had any...
... I'm thinking that part of it is that red-haired people are relatively rare compared to other types. I see many Asians, many black Americans and African...
... I have a recent out-of-context story to share. One of the tools I use to identify people is "type + context". For example, if there are two blond-haired...
... example, ... them *in ... other is ... line, ... greeting ... figure ... teacher who ... halls ... only ... building and ... for me ... answer in a ... ...
hi, everyone - i've been lurking here for about a year but laughed out loud about the recent red-hair post. it brought back a favorite face-blind memory: one...
... I went to school with identical twins who both seemed to like me because I could always tell which was which. It was easy for me -- they were almost always...
... do not see (unintentional pun) how anyone could NOT think of Prosopagnosia as being an extremely devastating and cruelly disabling condition to have? In...
Our neurologist recommended the book "Touching the Rock" to us. It's about a man who gradually goes totally blind. During this process, his brain loses the...
Michelle Wilson
mlwilson@...
Feb 9, 2004 2:22 am
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... The book sounds interesting. When I dream of people, it is very rare for them to have faces. They have hair and bodies and clothes but just a skin-colored...
... Funny you should mention this book. I actually wrote a review of it on Amazon.com . It was given to me as a high school graduation present by a near and...
deb, you live very dangerously! remembering people by the clothing they change every day!?!?! yikes! do you also run with scissors ;-)) i know people change...
... I agree. I also have mild Asperger's Syndrome in addition to my mild prosopagnosia (at least I think both are mild. Hard for me to judge from within) and I...
<<Just checked it out, and my review is still online on the ... ...
Michelle Wilson
mlwilson@...
Feb 9, 2004 2:08 pm
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... Running with scissors? I'll never tell, Mary! :) Actually, I don't try to remember people by their clothes. But hers were the only thing that stuck with...
... Personally, I think it's other's people attiudes that is our biggest handicap. Although I've never had an offical diagonis, I have reason to think I also...
... People with PA often have other visual impairments. This may be why you also have trouble with sign language. Rubella exposure often results in both...
Michelle Wilson
mlwilson@...
Feb 10, 2004 12:42 am
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... surprising ... Those who were born deaf-blind as a result of Rubella tend to have catarcts. Others born with Congenital Rubella Syndrome do become blind ...
... I have 20/20 vision. I can SEE signs just like I can see faces. I just can't READ them. After failing to grasp the beginning sign classes for three...
In a message dated 2/9/04 9:36:27 PM Pacific Standard Time, bill@... writes: I also have CAPD, which of course is an auditory deficit, not a visual ...
zusia@...
Feb 10, 2004 5:46 am
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... them or ... ask more ... I have poor auditory memory, which means I have trouble remembering what I HEAR unless I can tie it to a visual image somehow, at...
... Well, I never told anybody I had reviewed the book, and also, I chose to leave myself as an anonymous reviewer, so its unlikely anybody would know I...
... Bill, This stuff is so fascinating. C (Sniglet) also has 20/25 vision, but only in a Dr's office. Once the contrast is decreased to that in real life,...
Michelle Wilson
mlwilson@...
Feb 10, 2004 2:01 pm
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With all the talk about seeing other things besides faces, I was wondering if others have a problem with "space interpretation"? I can navigate beautifully...
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