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Digsy
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23 Feb 2011, 10:08 pm

newaspie wrote:

I think there is something in alot of aspie eyes, too, though I agree that it is hard to quite explain.

A sparkle in their eye?
A spring in their step?

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25 Feb 2011, 9:30 am

I know I have a large forehead(I think my hairstyle covers a lot of it up), but i'm not sure about the eyes. A lot of people can't tell i'm an aspie.

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25 Feb 2011, 10:40 am

kinftw wrote:

I know I have a large forehead(I think my hairstyle covers a lot of it up), but i'm not sure about the eyes. A lot of people can't tell i'm an aspie.

I actually think I have a small forehead myself but I d agree that if your on the spectrum and or you care for and have close friends on the spectrum then YES some how you. Can pick up on it and there is an unexplainable look to. Those of us on the spectrum. How ever it is subtle and not Lilly the average person will pick up on it.

I too have been told by people "you don't look autistic," or "you don't look like an aspie to me,"

That is why I added my pictures and was very surprised and happy that someone. On here ACTUALY said they CAN see it! It was ACTUALY a relief not sure why I really hope the OP comes back and tells us what they think of the photos too

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25 Feb 2011, 11:42 am

Oh, I'll toss in on this one. I could use my wedding reception pic, but that may have had other causes than AS...

Anyways, I'm in the middle on this one:

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25 Feb 2011, 2:42 pm

My avatar is my picture. Yes, tha's mean in that avatar.

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25 Feb 2011, 3:10 pm

Jumping in the deep end.

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25 Feb 2011, 3:56 pm

Only thing i can see from all of the pics posted is most have a 1000 yard stare. Most evident in the ones with a member and an NT.

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25 Feb 2011, 9:52 pm

I tried to emulate how I'm known to look in school every day.

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25 Feb 2011, 11:49 pm

The boy on the left and me (the one in the pink shirt) have ASD. (I have Asperger's, he has HFA or PDD-NOS...I'm not quite sure. He's my cousin. I know he's on the spectrum.)

This is a bad picture. I have a very small forhead and and oval head. As for my cousin, yeah. He does kind of have those features.

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26 Feb 2011, 1:42 am

likeasorethumb wrote:

I tried to emulate how I'm known to look in school every day.

Perhaps it's perspective, but all of your features seem oddly oversized somehow. Doesn't keep you from being attractive however.

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26 Feb 2011, 8:24 am

I notice no difference but, my understanding is the aspie traits are noticeable in mannerisms. And that would be more apparent in a video, not a picture.
Also, the fact that I have mild faceblindness does not help.

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27 Feb 2011, 3:57 pm

jackbus01 wrote:

Can you give an example of these mannerisms?

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28 Feb 2011, 2:07 am

ASdogGeek wrote:

jackbus01 wrote:

Can you give an example of these mannerisms?

Oh no!, I think I just talked myself into a corner. This is all stereotypical BTW, yes I know there are a lot of exceptions,

1. Lack of "proper" eye contact
2. Atypical language usage: different prosody, "overly formal" (compared with others), refreshingly pedantic (unlike the vague speak that NT people often do), sometimes monotone
3. Clear literal speech (unlike the vague confusing language of some NTs)
4. Atypical styles of walking. For example, I walk "way too fast". Hey it is not my fault you can't keep up.

some may have an unusual gait
5. In-depth conversations, instead of superficial smalltalk.
6. Don't have that cookie-cutter "normal" look, often have a unique style
perhaps others

and I do not consider these defects. I do all of this. My point is aspies often look different and this can sometimes be seen on a video, but I don't think that anyone can tell with a photo alone.

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28 Feb 2011, 3:00 am

Jamesy wrote:

You look very nomal to me in the pic.......

Okay if you want me to be honest your eyes are 'different' and far apart but really other than that you look normal.

My mom, who was also aspie, used to warn me about people whose eyes were not far enough apart. We were all aspie so anything NT was considered abnormal to us.

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28 Feb 2011, 4:02 am

Strictly in terms of genetic facial features I dont think theirs ways u can a person is aspie. I think aspies tend to have stiffer, less expressive facial expressions, dead eyes, with more ackward positioning of the body particularly in pics.

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28 Feb 2011, 4:23 am

Ai_Ling wrote:

I have heard that term before, but since you used it. What are "dead eyes"?

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