ABSTRACT
This chapter gives an exceptional, poignant and in-depth understanding of what it is like to live with the severe after-effects of brain damage caused by a viral infection of the brain. It tells the story of Claire, a nurse, wife, and mother of four, who having survived encephalitis, was left with an inability to recognise faces, a condition also known as prosopagnosia together with a loss of knowledge of people and more general loss of semantic memory. Over ten years of troubles Claire's have come a long way with managing her difficulties as best she can without being able to recognise people by their faces. Current memory system: And now Claire has scribbled all this lot, she need to re-read all her rehabilitation advice and use it again to get even better organised. The chapters also contain additional commentary from Barbara Wilson, providing further detail about the condition, treatment possibilities, and potential outcomes.
