Andrea is an “insect psychologist” who examines human behaviour, education, and disability rights, from personal and social theory perspectives and points in between. Andrea prepared a list of top 10 things about having faceblindness (not in order of importance).

1. You save a fortune not buying celebrity magazines because you’ve no idea who’s in all those pictures.
2. You can go shopping without getting waylaid by chit-chatting with random neighbors/ coworkers/ fellow students/ workers from businesses you patronize. Especially if you’re also autistic and avoid chit-chat anyway.
3. Never having to worry about losing ten pounds for lack of attending school reunions.
4. You’re a safer driver because you aren’t repeatedly checking and touching up your makeup.
5. Less clutter around the house without a gazillion photographs of relatives and relations.
6. You develop an appreciation for science fiction because it’s easier to tell apart the different alien races than it is all the look-alike “beautiful people” in the soap operas.
7. No obligation to bother studying the Most Wanted criminal notices tacked up at the post office.
8. You are more likely to befriend the handicapped or otherwise morphologically unusual people.
9. Security guards appreciate the fact that you’re a big believer in everyone wearing identity badges.
10. You could identify familiar people at a masked ball just from their gait, mannerisms or voice.

Disclaimer: This list above is strictly for entertainment purposes only. For information about faceblindness, read this page.

Note to self: OK, we’re almost there..