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

[Alana Leonhardy]

There's something very personal about putting your hands on someone else's face. I have never had the desire to do so, and haven't met a blind person who has. I have, however, encountered sighted strangers who thought I was odd for not warning to touch them. 

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> On Sep 8, 2014, at 11:48, justin williams via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I don't do his often except with a woman; not even with my parents.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Karl Martin
> Adam via nabs-l
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 12:46 PM
> To: Marissa Tejeda; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Feeling faces: a myth or true?
> 
> I haven't done this either--except with people I'm dating and like my
> parents.  It does seem to be a common stereotype and something that happens
> in a lot of literature and movies.  
> Perhaps some people who went blind later in life and think knowing what
> people's faces are like is important do this?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marissa Tejeda via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> To: Nabsl <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 05:25:08 -0700
> Subject: [nabs-l] Feeling faces: a myth or true?
> 
> 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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