Faces

I had a reply from Aoch re faces, and just tought I would answer as a new post.

I have difficulty with faces. One of my kids had a friend whose mother, I was totally unable to recognise. To make matters worse, my husband played squash against her. I never recognise her in the street, and I have heard that she thinks me incredably rude. Some faces are easier to remember than others. This problem can affect me when watching tv. Sometimes, I have difficulty disdinguishing characters in a program. I have to ask other people which person is on screen at the moment. I just give up on programs like that, too much like hard work.

I have read that some asd people have prognoposia (something like that). I think I may have a mild problem with that. I am realising that these things are more subtle than the books suggest.

I wonder if this affects our ability to read faces. Some are perhaps more readable than others. 

Parents
  • Can we swap? I'm diagnosed Asperger's but so many traits don't seem to apply for me. Sometimes talking on forums like this makes me feel a bit lonely as it's like I don't fit in with autistic people or NT people! What a world eh?

    I haven't heard that being bad with names is linked with being bad with faces but it would make sense. After all people are primarily defined by both their names and faces

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  • Can we swap? I'm diagnosed Asperger's but so many traits don't seem to apply for me. Sometimes talking on forums like this makes me feel a bit lonely as it's like I don't fit in with autistic people or NT people! What a world eh?

    I haven't heard that being bad with names is linked with being bad with faces but it would make sense. After all people are primarily defined by both their names and faces

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