Topographic Agnosia
Remembering how to get to places, like a walk to your local park or around a supermarket or mall, is actually quite a complicated process. These are called routes, and for most people, simple routes are easy to remember, but more complicated ones might take a few trips to learn, or need extra support like directions or a map. Many of the above CVIs can create difficulties remembering routes. In the home, the places where things are stored and put away are smaller routes, but are still 'routes', and so finding things again is more difficult. The support needs to be matched to the CVI or CVIs causing the difficulties, as it will be different for each one, and different again for combinations. Some people are not affected by any of the CVIs above but still have this problem finding their way around places and remembering routes. They may have Topographic Agnosia. Further reading: Lesson 8d Impaired Route Recognition, Lesson 10c Topographic Agnosia