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18 Jun 2012, 5:32 am

Ettina wrote:

In pictures with multiple people, I've found one of the most reliable ways to pick out the autistic one is to see if anyone is looking in a different direction from everyone else. (Unless they're under 3, NTs under 3 will also look elsewhere a lot.)


But there could be many other reasons why someone looks the other way. I have a friend who does it; because it means his eyes stay still and he can focus.



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18 Jun 2012, 7:45 am

Ettina wrote:
The one thing I otice is the way he's got his shoulders rounded, a lot of autistics I know in person (including myself) stand like that. But I wouldn't have noticed it if I'd seen his picture in a different context.

In pictures with multiple people, I've found one of the most reliable ways to pick out the autistic one is to see if anyone is looking in a different direction from everyone else. (Unless they're under 3, NTs under 3 will also look elsewhere a lot.)


OK time to break out the yearbook! Don't forget the spacey look too. My pictures looked like somebody ambushed me and took a picture then ran off. :lol:



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18 Jun 2012, 11:15 am

Chummy wrote:
Actually, I have the stereotypical aspie look. I have a pair of eyes, a nose, two ears, a mouth, and a body. huh.


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18 Jun 2012, 8:45 pm

As a teacher and a person who has AS I can honestly say that Aspies don't have a look. After you engage someone in a conversation you can sometimes get an inkling very quickly, other times you are not sure... Many of the people I have told that I have AS are surprised, generally though the women seem to pick it more than men. They sometimes say are you sure... For me my AS only rally manifests itself in people close to me, eg wife and son