Autism and Large Head/Ears

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Interesting... I never thought about this before. I dont think I have a large head, but I have fairly large ears that appear even larger because of how they stick out. Also, my shoulders are fairly narrow. Not too bad though. Ive always been sensitive about my ears but I never thought there might be a connection between them and aspergers. Although Ive never been officially diagnosed.

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My hearing is below average because Ive abused my ears over the years, using music to escape reality.

My head is larger than normal but it actually doesn't appear that way. It is only an issue when shopping for hats, and/or a bike helmet.

My son has classic autism and has a normal size head and ears.

Edited to add that hearing is actually rather poor except for high pitched whines or quiet music that most people don't hear will drive me bonkers. I think most people just block it out though so that might not be a good hearing thing.

I do remember reading some articles last year that associated a larger than normal head size with autism. I think that has not been proven for sure, and some studies have disproven it.

However...there is certain brain disorder that for sure does include a smaller head size and maybe even an abnormal head shape. That disorder is called cortical dysplasia. My husband has it and he does have a smaller head and also has a ridge across the top of his head. Cortical dyplasia is responsible for giving him epilepsy and behaviors that for sure put him on the AS spectrum.

People have said I have a big head. I don't have big ears, but have a big lip.

My son has a fairly small head but he is pretty small anyways.

I have the largest head of anyone that I know. I have smaller than average ears, though. This has not affected my hearing, as I can still (after years of playing in bands and using machinery) hear almost two more octaves of sound than the normal adult.

I was tested for fragile x syndrome for this very reason, i have a oval shaped face, but not big, but i do have bigger ears, and since my palet was high and my face was narrow, along with the label of mentally ret*d i was tested for that. my ears are probably genetic unforuntely though, my brother had big big ears, he had to have ear surgery to have them pinned back and etc. He has adhd, a somewhat oval face, very large ears, i have autism, oval face, and somewhat bigger ears. I wonder if there is a connection between all of that and autism.

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Large ears and long face/oval head are two of the features associated with fragile x.
There are many people with fragile x who also fit the diagnostic criteria for autism.
Fragile x accounts for about 5% of autism cases.

I do have a large head and big ears. But some of my NT relatives also have big heads.

I have a large oval head that comes from my mother, but my ears are rather small, as they have "folded helix", a kind of lop to them. Besides having slightly larger than average head, I have disproportionately long arms which I always try to hide somewhere (in my pockets, folding my hands behind my back, or crossing the arms on my chest), they look so awkward.

According to the aforementioned study, a large head is a characteristic of only one phenotype within the spectrum, as far as I remember.

I don't have a large head, even when I was a baby. My mum told me that when I was first born and was wrapped in a white towel thing, another woman in the hospital asked her if I was a girl or a boy, then she said, ''actually, I know, I can tell it's a girl because she has a small head?'' And she was right.