title: A life with prosopagnosia.
abstract: The author gives an anecdotal account of his life with developmental prosopagnosia (DP). He was not formally diagnosed until the age of 53 and has evolved a complicated strategy for recognizing people based on non-facial physical features and context. He describes his experiences through infancy, school, university life and courtship, work and family life. He believes that he has lived a full and successful life despite DP but that some aspects of his social and work life were impaired by face-blindness. In his experience people react positively and helpfully if the consequences of DP are explained to them, and this improves social interactions and communications.
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Clinical Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. davidrfine@gmail.com
authors.forename: David Roger
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Fine
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D020238:Prosopagnosia / Q000151:congenital* / Q000523:psychology