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This may be common, but.

I have difficulty looking straight in front of me while bright sunlight is out. Not looking up, but directly forward. Is that natrual? Sorry if this seems out of place, but since aspies are usually extremely sensitive to glare/etc, I thought that someone may be able to clarify. I can stare at a lightbulb just fine (Though it leaves that color in front of your vision), but for some reason have some issues in sunlight. I often look down because of it.

I'm fairly certain that I'm neurotypical. Can an aspie explain to me what exactly happens when they are exposed to bright light/glare?

I can't look up in sunlight (even on cloudy days) because the light actually hurts my eyes. It's like someone shining a light straight into my eyes, I'm actually trying to get a second pair of tinted glasses to wear outside.

If I go out on a bright day I have to look straight at the floor. It makes me squint and hurts my eyes if I even look straight ahead.
Bright sunlight also makes me sneeze. Pretty much every time I walk outside when the sun is not obscured by clouds I will sneeze, but looking at the ground does minimise the chance of me having to sneeze.
I can look at tungsten lighting fine, provided it's not ridiculously bright.

This is a little off topic, but I actually don't really like natural light much. I always have the blinds in my room shut, I much prefer to be in tungsten lighting than have light shining through the windows. Daylight seems cold to me, for some reason, and I'd rather avoid it if possible.
It's not too bad if I'm outside, but I really don't like daylight inside, it bothers me.

alot of people are sensitive to sunlight, i highly doubt it has anything to do with autism.

I love the feeling of sunlight on my skin, However for some reason i always have to squint and look down! I don't know, for me it seems instinctual. Almost like its dangerous to look up and open eyes? Plus it hurts my eyes! Doesn't help you at all but there it is!

I wear sunglasses a lot. Even inside stores.

This gets me as well most of the time, but I strongly doubt it has anything to do with autism, more to do with the fact I'm usually up at night, and generally live in artificial light.