Do you think Aspies are more likely to need glasses?

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I did spend a lot of time inside when I grew up, but I never became myopic.

someone make a poll so we can find out.

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This thread would seem to suggest that a higher percentage of Aspies wear glasses compared to NTs. I remember reading that certain vision impediments are somewhat more common in autistic people as well. It's true for me anyway, though I'm undiagnosed.

I don't think aspergers has any effect of whether or not you need glasses. The reason I don't wear contacts is partly because I am astigmatic thus my my prescription is really complex and does not translate well into contacts, and partly because I cannot get contacts it.

Here's my take. I'm not diagnosed but I'm definitely not NT and recently discovered I may certainly have Aspergers and possibly ADHD. It does make sense and I find I'm better at connecting with other Aspies and more intelligent people. I don't wear glasses and my friend who has ADHD also doesn't. But I am short sighted. I'm not sure if it is related to high blood sugar from a poor diet that I have resorted to to cope with stress and depression, or all the stimulation around in the modern world that has taken affect on my health.

I do think there is a lot of Aspies who wear glasses and I go as far to say that anyone who wears glasses most likely has some autistic traits and I believe anyone with Aspergers who doesn't wear glasses probably has some kind of vision impairment but not always severe enough to need correction.

I’ve wondered about this as well since I am very nearsighted myself. A lot of people on the spectrum seem to have connective tissue problems, such as low muscle tone and hyper mobility. Who’s to say that this doesn’t also affect muscles around the eyes, causing them to change shape? It does seem that it’s more common for aspies to need glasses than not. Although I have known a decent number of NT’s who have needed glasses so it’s not a 1:1 correlation.

Okay, I'm old. I remember "back in the day" when it seems a much larger percentage of the population, whatever their neurology, wore glasses. Even with that, there were so many females who would go around seeing life "in a blur "because they did not want to look "ugly." [old saying was 'men never make passes at girls who wear glasses." I remember in high school so many switching to contact lens, and in the past 30 years ago people started getting the lasik surgeries.

In my opinion, probably there are in fact more Autistic than NTs' needing vision correction[ either through lasik surgery , glasses, or contacts, but not as many as it would seem.

Autistic people, for various reasons, are less likely to get lasik surgery, less likely to wear contact lenses, and less likely to wear their glasses as often as they should.

Me? I have been far-sighted for years. But I cannot seem to go 5 mintes without readinf something or look at it in more detail. For that reason, if I am not actually wearing my glasses, they are perched on my head [ like some do with sun glasses] Now that I am old, I can get away with a lot more things like that without receiving peoples' disaproval.

I don't usually tie everything with having ASD, but glasses seem to be noticeably common among not only people with ASD but also people with Downs syndrome. And I'm talking about ASD and DS people under 40, as lots of people over 40 require glasses as they get older.
Literally, whenever I've seen an Aspie on the TV, online or in real life, 99% wear glasses. Even the majority of Aspies on this site where glasses. I need glasses for long-distance reading, but otherwise I don't require glasses for everyday living.

The majority of people, period, seem to wear glasses. Definitely not a Spectrum thing.

People who strains their eyes a lot are more likely to need glasses.
I'm sure it has little to do with having 'weaker' eyes, or being less healthy.
Either neurology would likely have the same physiological odds of needing a pair of glasses.


But what are the odds an aspie would strain their eyes into their respective focus/interest longer and more often compare to NTs? Maybe that's why.
What are the odds aspies ended up being too much of a picky eater or refusing to go out? What are the odds that aspies ended up with comfort zones that may screw their eyesight?

I'm moderately nearsighted by the way. And getting worse too -- it's my fault. It's not directly because of autism, it's because I focus a lot close up and neglect myself in a way.

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If you are the stereotyped autistic and you are hyper-focusing on a screen playing computer games all day it could mess up your eyes.

I wear both glasses and contact lenses. I can’t see properly without either wearing glasses or contact lenses. Without glasses everything seems a distant away or blurry. I have had that probably since I was 4 years old.

Myopia is almost as common as dental caries.

Probably, at least half the population have some sort of slight vision disorder, needing glasses.