[nabs-l] Feeling faces: a myth or true?

[Sofia Gallo]

On 9/8/14, Chris Nusbaum via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I believe the concept got its start in Hollywood, though I'm not sure in
> which movie a blind character first did it.
>
> Chris Nusbaum
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 8, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Marissa Tejeda <marissat789 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Same here.  But where did it even come from?
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
>> To: Marissa Tejeda <marissat789 at gmail.com>,National Association of Blind
>> Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 08:45:32 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Feeling faces: a myth or true?
>>
>> It's a myth.  I have never felt someone's face nor have I known any blind
>> person who has, although sighted people have on occasion invited me to
>> feel their face if I needed to.  I don't know how it would help, but
>> something in the idea of feeling the face of a stranger creeps me out.
>> (Smile)
>>
>> Chris Nusbaum
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Sep 8, 2014, at 8:25 AM, Marissa Tejeda via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> So, for a long time I've been want to know this, but never got around to
>> asking.  I, personally, don't feel faces to know what people look like.
>> Do people really feel faces? How can it give someone a picture if they
>> feel the face? Is this just a movie and a myth, or reality and true?
>>
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