Do most autistics have very pale skin?

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As with other physicalities, we're all different. Autistics are just as varied in skin colour as non-autistics.
I have red hair and very pale skin. I was told at a recent skin-check appointment that I have Type 1 skin.
Well, at least I'm number 1 at something...

Perhaps the theory should address "mostly caucasian" autistics. I'm half Indian, half Scandinavian and look Italian. In summer, I'm brown. My husband is Northern European and tans well, a golden tan. My son is autistic and much paler than either of us. He has my Indian bone structure, strawberry blonde hair (we have no known red heads in our families). Staying indoors is a good theory, but my son goes out and needs a lot of sunscreen. His back has a slight golden tan but his stomach, arms and face stay white.

I'm usually really pale, but now I'm all burnt up from marching band.

I have by far the palest skin in my family.
My dad has brown skin from being a painter, hed pass as north african lol.
Me on the other hand i'm way paler than the average white person.

It's because i used to not go outside at all.
But now i'm starting to get a more average skin colour.
It's a verry slow process though as i get bored verry quick outside of the house.
I much rather watch dvd's and talk on msn than hang outside.

NOOOO!!

SUN LIGHT!!

IT BURNS!!

IT BURRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!

it's not so much the pale skin, but the poor circulation that makes aspies look that extra pale.

I am autistic and have light and it very flakey and dandruffy, but I tan well and I used to get a really good tan in my teenage years and in my 20s. I do not bother much with tans these days.
I also hear people with Angelman syndrome have the same problem with fairer and dryer skin than their NT siblings One of the classic hallmarks of the disorder.

However there may be a few exceptions to the rule here in Stephen Wiltshire who is a black autistic artist who may be one of the exceptions rule, but I am not sure how Stephen Wiltshire skin compares to the rest of his family group. That is the real measure - whether or not you have comparitively lighter skin than the rest of your family. Although I tanned well I have the lightest skin in my family.

Paul

Unlikely dude, an aspies sensativity to llight and sound is down to them seeing visual audio data in a more unfiltered form. NTs audio visual is more filtered to help them in social situations, one of them being they don't jump when there is a loud sound.

Hmm. I have fair and dry/dandruffy skin. Maybe I have Angleman Syndrome? Eh, probably not. But now there's two ASes. That's a bit puzzling and confuzzling.

I'm very pale most of the time, however I can get a tan if I like to. But tanning gives me headache and "sun itching" in the skin.

Even if I did tan, I wouldn't want to. I don't see the point to it, and I can't lay there for a long time. I'll try to for two seconds then jump up and do something else. Guess I'm kinda ADD when it comes to tanning...I really don't see what the point is, though.

I don't think so. The sensitivity is related to physical traits and not to brain functions in my latest evaluation of Aspie-quiz (not out yet, but will be in a few days). These are real differences in sensitivity rather than problems with sorting impressions.

Also, I have the specific question about motor-bikes in the last version, and I specifically ask if people are instinctively *afraid*. This seems to be the case. My son and daugther usually say they are afraid of the sound, and not that it hurts. Seems to be some kind of adaptation that is triggered. It is most related to the biology-group and the "repetition & predictability"-group.

Talking about suntanning brings alot of not so great memories back for me. If aspies are on average more pale than the rest of us, I think it's because we prefer staying indoors instead of going outside.

I was like that when I was growing up, often prefering indoors to outdoors. My parents didn't mind this for a while, but then became obsessed with the idea of my getting suntanned. I never understood this obsession at all in fact, I thought lying around getting tanned was stupid and sense then, it has been found to be not very healthy.

I can remember some of the things they did, like insisting I wear short pants because as my mother put it, "You need to get some sun on those legs." I can even remember when I developed a problem with my leg due to an overly intense school P.E. program, my mother took me to a doctor when my teacher told her I had been limping around alot. The doctor found a crooked bone in my leg and wanted to use a brace to correct it but it would have been uncomfortable plus it might not have worked, so my mother wouldn't go along with it. She instead told me the doctor said my leg would only get better if I got sun on it, which made no sense to me. My mother would spin all sorts of tales and no matter how illogical or contradictory they were, I was supposed to believe them and if I didn't, there was more trouble.

She even once threatened me with not being able to go to New York for my brother's college graduation if I didn't start wearing shorts and getting my legs tanned. Of course it was a bluff and I did end up going anyway. I called her on it because I didn't really care if I went or not since I didn't care much for that brother anyway, but my mother persisted with the idea that I had to get suntanned.

I didn't understand the obsession my mother had then, but I used to wonder if it was to make me appear to be like everyone else, something else I despised. I still prefer indoor over outdoor activities today, and have no interest of any kind in tanning.

Interesting... I got tanned as a young child, but not as an adult anymore. Now I just get sun burned.

But I try to stay out of the sun anyway (partly because of that reason).

Nope! My Son is a beutiful toast color

I thought I responded to this - I'm your typical red head (well, bald now), pale guy... I've been burned by the sun since I can remember