Re:A Guide Dog for the Face-Blind
by TylerE on Monday August 11, 2025 @07:29PM
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I am and it sucks. Very limiting socially. I can’t even reliably differentiate my parents from similar looking people beyond 10ft or so.
For most people the only thing I can really use are things like distinctive hair or tattoos.
Context is also very important. Back when I still worked in a office I eventually learned the people I interacted with at work, but if I saw them in, say, a store dressed casually I probably wouldn’t recognize them, or at least not be sure enough it was them to approach.
(BTW, face blindness is another one of those things that tends to co-occur with autism. )
For most people the only thing I can really use are things like distinctive hair or tattoos.
Context is also very important. Back when I still worked in a office I eventually learned the people I interacted with at work, but if I saw them in, say, a store dressed casually I probably wouldn’t recognize them, or at least not be sure enough it was them to approach.
(BTW, face blindness is another one of those things that tends to co-occur with autism. )