"How Faceblindness Makes TV and Movie Watching a Hot Mess"

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Why do so many autistic folks seem to enjoy animation and cartoons? This piece on faceblindness offers a clue.

How Faceblindness Makes TV and Movie Watching a Hot Mess – Autistic Academic

 

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Many times I recognize the voices of the actors, but
can't quite tell the faces apart. Until they speak.

So if they come along in a different dress/suit/outfit,
I'm not utterly certain who it is until they say something.

 

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my visual perception makes me already see things in an entirely different way,i see in lines and colours that merge into their shape [such as a chair] and i then struggle to process what im looking at,theres no way at looking at things as a whole for me, i have to process by each item.
people to me are the same generic lump of flesh, they all look the same to me,i see two dots for eyes but used to see eyes and the agonisingly painful power that came from them,ever since starting anti pscyhotics years ago i dont see eyes anymore or their affect-i see two murky dots that disappear after a while of looking at the face.
like the writer of that blog;dani [good blog by the way im going to bookmark it] i am face blind and relie on hair and clothing and voice to know where/who the person is,and it makes me quite anxious especially when out and theres a lot of people for them to contend with.

i also prefer cartoons as theyre easier to process the shapes into characters for me,but when the screen is very overloaded with characters i tend to see just colours which appeals to my senses and also makes me happy.