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Here are his symptoms:

1. He can't recognize people. Even individuals that he sees every week. For example Sunday school teachers. He will recognize the person as his teacher while at church but if he sees them anywhere else, but that room, he does not recognize them.
2. One time his grandmother, who you can see he is very close to, went away for 6 months. When she came back it took him maybe around 30 seconds to recognize her.
3. For the people he really admires he recognizes them by certain traits. But everyone that has those certain traits he believes are the same person.For instances our son likes a man named Fred. Fred has white hair, so everyone with white hair is Fred. His favorite actress is Queen Latifah so everyone that is a woman and black is Queen Latifah. He likes Vin Diesel and everyone who is bald is Vin Diesel.

It is annoying and sad sometimes when people come up to him and say "Do you remember me?" or "You remember me!" Of course he doesn't but he will say yes. He sees one of their characteristics and remembers seeing someone with the same trait. Like brown hair, a beard, fat, tall and even their voice.

What if someone tries to get him in their car and they say I am your uncle, would our son get in the car? Scarey thought I know. I tell our son that he goes no where with anybody except his father, grandmother, and myself.

I recently watched a movie that helped me understand what our son is going through. It is called Faces in the Crowd. The woman in the movie got hurt and developed this disorder. I wouldn't normally recommended this movie. It is rated 'R' and there are sex scenes in it along with violence. But if you can fast forward or look away like I did I think you would benefit from this movie.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

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