Can you have a certain look?

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Someone once said to me "you look like you have got aspergers"

What does it mean to 'look' like you have got it?

If you've ever watched "Big Bang Theory," you got your answer.

Nerdy? Geeky? I really don't know.

Maybe you have not much expression on your face or seem withdrawn or have an inward gaze or are clumsy and have bad posture or do things like wiggle your toes, tap your feet, nod your head, flick your fingers, etc. gaze at lights, spinning objects, stare at the ceiling, look out the corner of your eyes, not look at other peoples eyes, don't look at other people when you talk to them or have an exited way of talking about things while not looking at the person you are talking to etc.

Anyone else think about- "if you met one Aspie you've met One.

There is a certain glazed look of introspection you can see

Also introverted body language, not looking at the eyes

There is something about my demeanour that does seem to attract a certain kind of attention. I'm one of those adults that even children who I have never met before have no qualms being disrespectful to. I guess it's the slightly odd gait (bouncy toe walker) and always averted gaze. Even if there is a constant stream of people walking past, it will always be me that gets some teasing remark or other off the cheeky ones.

I've also seen people refer to an "Aspie stare." I can see where that might come from, due to the lack of eye contact - I often 'glaze over' when I'm concentrating on listening to someone.

It's been said that Autistics tend to have rounder faces than NTs. A NT face would look like 0, while an Autistic face would be more o shaped. I fit that criteria.

Also, because Autistics do not facially express as much as a NT, we are less prone to wrinkles!

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Ya, I'm weird like that...

I have a face like a 0.

I don't "look" Aspie though. I look more like a person with learning difficulties, or high stupidity.

Many Aspies, including me, also have large eyes.

Ever since I was in middle school, I always got the "Are you okay?" or "Why do you always look angry?". For the longest time I could never understand why people where asking me this on a regular basis. Even now as an adult people "on the street" will tend to avoid interaction with me; I can only assume this is because I still always look angry.

It is entirely possible the person that commented on you looking like you have aspergers knows another individual with some form of ASD and is judging off some trait of physical appearance of quirk, such as the lack of expression on one's face. It is a possibility that is their basis for the comment that "you look like you have got aspergers"