Published on 12, July, 2020
Prosopagnosia , or face blindness. I suffer from it and have done so for as long as I can remember. Does anyone else here have similar problems?
It's very embarrassing when someone greets me and I have no idea who they are or where do I know them from. Related to this problem is name blindness where I find it very very difficult to remember people's names.
Recently I was greeted by a man in a park and I struggled badly to remember who he was. I mostly remember people from their voices and other visual clues such what they wear, where they usually sit. He turned out to be a colleague from a health and fitness course I recently attended.
How common is it for autistics to suffer from prosopagnosia ?
According to http://www.dana.org/News/Are_Face-Blindness_and_Synesthesia_Linked_to_Autism_Spectrum_Disorders_/ up to 2/3rds on the spectrum.