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I am terrorized by public speaking, so I don't think it's related to Prosopagnosia! A person who may often speak publicly, may still need to improve in the...
faceblind26
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May 1, 2007
7:26 am
6024
Maybe it would help to be selective about the events you go to. Choose the ones you're comfortable with, attend the ones you need to for your child, forget...
Bonnie
bonnieinthemist
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May 1, 2007
11:09 am
6025
... From: "littlecatgray" <spamthekat@...> ... Laurie, I'm exactly the same way. I know how impatient and intolerant people can be, I work in retail. I'm...
Delila
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May 1, 2007
11:49 am
6026
... From: "faceblind26" <faceblind26@...> ... I have the same problem. That's why I almost never go out in the evenings. D....
Delila
bastard12363
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May 1, 2007
11:51 am
6027
Hi Laurie, I'm moderately face blind, and I also have trouble remembering names. I think the problem with names is directly connected with the faceblindness -...
Bridget Elias
belias11215
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May 1, 2007
1:43 pm
6028
Bonnie, Everybody is going to be in the same boat. They won't recognize people either, so no one is going to be surprised that you are having a problem...
Anne Mills
faceblind26
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May 1, 2007
2:42 pm
6029
Bonnie I just had an idea. Why not bring some paste on name tags to the event and have EVERYONE write their name on them? Anne is right. You won't be the only...
Liz Hensley
atomdancerrr
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May 1, 2007
3:15 pm
6030
... ***** I disagree. People in my family will recognize other family members, and they will recognize those who are not family members. I won't be able to...
Bonnie
bonnieinthemist
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May 1, 2007
7:53 pm
6031
... My family don't, we tend to ask or introduce. I think this is at least partly because we meet each other so infrequently and there are so many of us that...
MPMRommel
lexin0
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May 1, 2007
10:53 pm
6032
... At my family gathering (see other email) there were lots of family who had never met. That could well be true of yours too! ... LOL! I was at a family...
Joy Hecht
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May 2, 2007
3:39 am
6033
Hi Bonnie, I went to a moderately big family reunion a couple of years ago. There were lots of people I didn't know, and I don't think anyone there knew...
Joy Hecht
jhechtoldcat
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May 2, 2007
3:42 am
6034
I just heard this story on the radio, and did a google search on it so I could send it off to people who I know would appreciate this situation. :-) The...
Glenn Alperin
glennalperin
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May 6, 2007
10:00 am
6035
hello folks, my name is alicia, and i am a 30 year old woman with PA. i also suspect that i have asperger's syndrome (or have a related autistic spectrum...
dreadful_beast
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May 8, 2007
5:56 am
6036
... From: "dreadful_beast" <dreadful_beast@...> ... Hello and welcome! D....
Delila
bastard12363
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May 8, 2007
11:59 am
6037
I you may find this interesting: This web site is now officially open and ready to receive visitors www.Findaface.org It's there to provide a service for...
Anne Mills
faceblind26
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May 8, 2007
11:19 pm
6038
In case you have been trying to get to www.findaface.org and finding an underconstruction web site, you may have gone to findaface. com instead. We are up...
Anne Mills
faceblind26
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May 10, 2007
4:16 pm
6039
I went to a site where they had another one of those robots that can recognize people and asked him if he could develop a portable facial recognition system to...
Liz Hensley
atomdancerrr
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May 14, 2007
2:10 pm
6040
... Recent research suggests that the prevalence for prosopagnosia is about 2% of the population as a whole, and that (I believe) only accounts for those who...
Glenn Alperin
glennalperin
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May 14, 2007
3:24 pm
6041
At a rough estimate, there are 6 billion people on earth, and 2% of the population has developmental prosopagnosia. That's about 1.2 million people. This 2%...
joni pinkney
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May 14, 2007
3:39 pm
6042
My understanding is that 2% of the population suffer from this. Should that be enough people? I have never heard of such a device; and, I think it's a great...
Jo Hardt Foti
jo_n_arizona
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May 14, 2007
4:35 pm
6043
Probably not all of that 2% would be severe enough to want to wear an electronic prosthetic like that. I don't think I would....
Andrea Crain
andreamer
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May 14, 2007
4:41 pm
6044
... Thats a good point, Andrea, and not one I had spent any time thinking about. In my case, if the device could be small and portable enough, I'm quite...
Glenn Alperin
glennalperin
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May 14, 2007
5:52 pm
6045
... From: "joni pinkney" <jonipinkney@...> ... I don't mean to nitpick, but there are now over 300 million people in the US. :)))) D....
Delila
bastard12363
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May 14, 2007
6:36 pm
6046
Liz wrote "He asks some questions I don't have the answers for. "how many people (more or less) suffer of face blindness in the world? - are you sure that a...
Jo Livingston
fiatbertone2
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May 15, 2007
1:06 pm
6047
If I were selectively able to indicate somehow (via voice/code word???) that I wanted to save this individuals name and image in the device, it would be...
Jo Foti
jo_n_arizona
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May 15, 2007
5:03 pm
6048
I was almost crying in the Food Lion. I was a bit upset. The priest at my church asked me which people sang with us after church at an extra rehearsal last...
rhndroberts
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May 15, 2007
5:32 pm
6049
I have not read much of the group's posts as I am very busy these days trying to be a choir director and organist, raising my son, etc. I do know I get talked...
rhndroberts
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May 15, 2007
6:02 pm
6050
Every time I listen to someone describe some of their problems with face blindness, another thing clicks with me. I'm finding it very interesting how much this...
Peter Haynes
bikesrme
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May 15, 2007
6:04 pm
6051
If it's important for the priest to know, you could take attendance from a roll book like a teacher. Or you could take a photo at each rehearsal....
Andrea Crain
andreamer
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May 15, 2007
6:28 pm
6052
Oh! Or have a sign-in sheet and ask everybody to sign in when they arrive. That happens at lots of meetings....
Andrea Crain
andreamer
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May 15, 2007
6:40 pm
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