RE: Re: recognizing faces... do you see what I see?

[Guest guest]

Chantelle-

This is so interesting. I look forward to the time when Aubrie can explain what

and how she sees and hears. Anyway-- she has nystagmus which affects distance

vision. Do you know if you have that?

Michele W

Aubrie's mom

Re: recognizing faces... do you see what I see?

Um actualy if I see a face say 5 feet away, i can recongnize it 100

percent. its distance that faces start getting too blurry and I cant

distinguash similar features. Take you and lisa weir, you two look a

lot alike and ppl have said you look like sisters. Well from 20

feet, I dont know wich one of you is wich. yet if your standing

right in front of me (say 5-10 feet) I know exactly who is who.

I hope that explains it a bit better.

Btw, my columbomas affect my upper visual feild. I cant remember if

they are in the retna or someplace ele.

Chantelle

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[Guest guest]

This is interesting to me. One of our deafblind specialists several years

ago (i.e., pre-Perkins) judged that could see " things " at 4-5 feet. As

I've watched her over the years, I think first encounters require close,

close looking. At times, after only one such meeting, she'll know who's with

her. Initially, however, it often takes really checking out the person at

EXTREMELY close range; of course, this makes some folks very uneasy

(including this mother!) I've never found a way to make this simple for the

person being " checked over. "

Martha

As happens at times, my computer has put my mail in odd batches. I hope I'm

somewhat on target!

[Guest guest]

Oops. I am getting mail a tad backwards. 's colobomas do extend to her

optic nerve. Martha

[Guest guest]

Martha,

I agree with you about 's vision. It seems so clear that she often needs

" up close and personal " with new people and some new things,then she can go on

and because she had that initial close inspection,the next time she does not

need to be so close. She has that other " closer look " soemtimes that she does

with people she knows that often appears to me as a loving gesture because she

is not looking, just getting close (like a face hug!!)

pam

[Guest guest]

A face hug! What a wonderful phrase. I'll try to always remember it when I

(and the " I " should be in huge caps) feel uneasy! Martha