River: an interesting thought

[mdlbear]

It suddenly occurred to me, a couple of days ago, to wonder whether my nearsightness (which went uncorrected until, I think, first grade when we discovered I couldn't see the blackboard) has anything to do with my difficulty understanding facial expressions and body language. I would have had trouble seeing those, during the prime years for developing language ability.

Interesting to think about, anyway.

Comments

[westrider.livejournal.com]

Definitely something worth thinking about. Find myself wondering if that might apply to me as well, since I got glasses in 2nd grade, but I'm pretty sure my vision had been trending down for some time before that, and I may well have always been somewhat nearsighted.