On a similar topic of discussion, but with a different tangent: Okay, I know that on the face of every USA coin and bill, there is a famous person, but I could...
I don't know who ... *** Thomas Jefferson on the nickel and George Washington on the quarter have different hair, which is why I am upset that the new nickels...
... I'll take your word for it. As I said, it could just as easily be my great great grandfather, and I wouldn't be able to tell. Heck, if they put MY face...
I recognize coins by backs and sides only and bills by the backs and corners only--when I cashier, all of my drawers are upside down and backwards. I was ok...
... For what its worth, the reason that coins and bills were designed this way in the first place was because (and I've read some research on this) it was...
I don't know off the top off my head about American coins since i live in Canada and primarily deal with what Americans have referred to as "beaver bucks" or...
the Canadian coins all have ... *** Although blind people in America have figured out how to identify different coins, the coins are not minted with the...
... *** I guess no one. I've been asking people and everybody says they look at the number in the corner of the bill and the size and color of the coins. My...
Hi, Firstly thanks to everyone who have answered my previous questions they are always such a great help! I would like to know did anyone have fun at school...
Hi, Firstly thanks to everyone who have answered my previous questions they are always such a great help! I would like to know did anyone have fun at school...
Good luck to your son. I don't remember school being any more traumatic than anything else. One thing that will undoubtedly help is that most teachers use...
Susan, you are doing a great thing trying to help your child and this is a great place to ask for opinions. I do not have the best memory. Are you faceblind?...
In a message dated 1/8/2006 2:30:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, susanmaish@... writes: I would like to know did anyone have fun at school especially...
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My primary school years were structured and regimented enough I don't remember face blindness being any more difficult than the other aspects of going to...
Except I was a little younger when I realized many of my troubles were due to face blindness, I could have written you letter. My heart goes out to you. I too...
Hi Susan, Your son has an enormous advantage. Most of us were not aware of why we found it hard whereas you can support him through any difficulties and help...
Hi Susan, I must have missed your original post, but wanted to comment on this. I don't know what would be better for him, one way or another. I was both...
<<Also I gained the reputation of being stuck-up because I unknowingly walked by people I knew.>> Hehe. Still have that reputation. :) <<Christian or private...
Here is a joke I just received from Thomas S. Ellsworth <tellswor@...>To a neurotypical it is funny. To us, it is nothing new. ;) Vacation Cut Before...
I remember not being at all popular in school--having one or two friends, each with very distinct looks (long hair, very short, very tall, etc.) Except for one...
Do other face blind people visuallize numbers and dates in strings or colors? Myself, who is face blind, visuallizes numbers and dates in strings twisting in...
In a message dated 1/18/2006 8:38:26 AM Pacific Standard Time, deniss04428@... writes: Do other face blind people visuallize numbers and dates in strings...
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If I could visuallize numbers and dates or how words are spelled, maybe I could remember them. I have very little visual memory at all, for faces, places, or...
That's a different effect/phenominon known as 'synaesthesia' ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaesthesia ). Though I would be very interested in knowing if...
In a message dated 1/18/2006 8:59:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, eljuno@... writes: That's a different effect/phenominon known as 'synaesthesia' ( ...
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Your use of numbers is not related to face blindness. I am dyscalculic (I have no understanding of the concept and use of numbers. It is difficult for me to ...
I do not. I visualize a lot of things, as far as buildings, landscapes, processes and functions... if you say a simple thing like how do you start a fire......
... I've got a different ... *** I feel sounds and spoken words. Recently I was told not everybody experiences pain as seeing color. I didn't know that. ...
MHE, multiple hereditary exostoses, is a rather rare disease that produces multiple benign bone growths--mostly on joints. Extremely little is known about it,...
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