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An interview with Duncan Bannatyne… Part two – The film!
As you’ve probably seen from the constant Tweets and Facebook updates from myself and Shelly, we went to interview the rather lovely Duncan Bannatyne in Darlington to talk about a condition called Prosopagnosia.
Prosopagnosia, also known as ‘Face blindness’ is an impairment in the recognition of faces.
You can read part one of our interview, which gives more details about the condition here.
In our interview, Duncan tells us how he first realised he was suffering with the condition, how it’s affected his life and what he thinks needs to be done to create a better understanding and awareness of the condition.
If you are concerned that you or your child may be suffering from Prosopagnosia you can get more information here. Adults can also take the Prosopagnosia test here.
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You made a brilliant filming sweety well done, had such a good day with duncan & meeting you for the first time xxx everyone needs to know about this, I feel really sorry for any child who has this & doesnt realise bless how awful xxx
Love shellybobbins xxx
Thanks Shelly- quite a few hours of edit and write up- but worth it to raise awareness of such an important subject.
Just wanted to say thank you for publicising this. I have prosopagnosia and can relate to everything Duncan said in the interview. It’s acutely emabarrassing at times and I’ve often avoided people because I don’t know if I know them or not. Last month I was selling at a craft fair & spent 10 mins talking to the next-door stallholder. She then went round the front of the stall & chatted to me – and I asked her where her stall was. I felt very stupid.
Maybe a connection with dyslexia but I have no problems with language (taught English language to adults incl dyslexics) but numbers *are* a problem for me.
Thanks for your kind comment.
Duncan, Shelly and I feel it very important to get the condition known about, especially in schools and health centres.
We need to make people who work with children aware of Prosopagnosia so that they can be helped and taught how to cope with this condition.
Keep up the good work Duncan,you are making more people aware of this life long frustrating condition,you speeking up can only do good things for other sufferers,i would like to find out if it is conected to dyslexic people??
Thanks – Shelly and myself are doing our very best to raise awareness of this ‘little known’ condition.