ext_13655 ([identity profile] padparadscha.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] bloodyrosemccoy 2009-08-05 06:34 am (UTC)

Re: Hmm...

Research reports overwhelmingly that the vast majority of synesthetes see it as either neutral or advantageous. There are rare cases of sensory overload for very intense synesthesia, and a possible but unconfirmed connection to lessened spatial and/or mathematical awareness, but those are so far the only real downsides listed aside from lack of understanding by non-synesthetes.

And there are preferences influenced by synesthesia--I have a passionate dislike for the letter "c," for example--that make us a bit eccentric.

But describing it as a "disability"--something that impedes everyday functioning--is a stretch no matter what.

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