Prosopagnosia: What You Need To Know : There is a sudden interest on ‘Prosopagnosia’ today. The credits go to Amanda Green, a 20 year old new graduate from the White Bear Lake Area School District’s Transition Plus program and the Northeast Metro 916 Career and Technical Center’s Child Development Careers program. Despite her rare condition, she was able to graduate with flying colors due to her determination to fulfill her dreams of becoming a teacher.

So what is Prosopagnosia? It is a rare disease also called ‘face blindness’, wherein the person who has this condition find it hard to recognize the faces of people including her family and close peers. It’s like meeting a new stranger everyday, as what other people with the same condition says. As of this writing, there is no known cure yet for Prosopagnosia.

Amanda’s case is very rare. According to reports, Amanda suffered from prosopagnosia after undergoing a brain operation when she was ten years old. She had to relearn everything. She also finds it hard to recognize objects and places.

In the internet alone, you can see a few number of blogs owned by people with face blindness condition.