Autism and asymmetrical eyes

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I have very asymmetrical eyes. They physically look the same, but my left eye is worse than my right eye. My right eye only has mild vision problems, but my left eye has moderate problems. I also have convergence insufficiency. I've noticed other people on this forum have similar eye issues. Do you think autistic traits are connected to asymmetrical eyes or are autistic people just more knowledgeable about eyes?

Asymmetrical faces are human nature, no one in the world is symmetrical

Symmetry is supposed to be associated with good genes and health. Supposedly symmetrical faces are seen as more attractive than those that are less symmetrical.

But I don't think there's a correlation to autism. No one has a perfectly symmetrical face.

Seriously doubt either thing: that autistics are either more aware of eye health than NTs, nor have "asymetrical" eyes more often than NTs.

Why do you think perfect vision is called "20-20"? They have to give a score to both eyes because folks often have asymetry in vision (20-30 or whatever).

Your aspie interest happens to be optometry. The next aspie's might be steam locomotives, or beany babies.So you as an individual may be more aware of eye stuff than other folks, but autistics as a group are not.

In terms of gross asymmetry (i.e., the eyes in relation each other and to the rest of the face), I haven't seen one picture of an autistic person here which shows this.

As far as asymmetry as far as function is concerned: I actually don't know a person who has the same, identical vision and degree of astigmatism within both their eyes.

I'm not talking about slight differences in vision. I know it's normal for people to have slightly different vision in each eye(.25 or .50.) I'm talking about larger differences(2.00 or 3.00.) I'm wondering if people with autistic traits are more likely to have a higher difference. Whenever people post their prescription here I notice higher differences. Maybe those people are just more likely to know their prescription.

I've known quite a few people with a considerable difference in visual acuity between the left and right eye. All were non-autistic.

Nice to see my eyesight isn't an autistic trait. I hate having autistic traits. I just notice that my sister who has weaker autistic traits than me only has a 0.75 difference, while my difference is around 3.00. My sister also doesn't have astigmatism, but I have enough to wear special contacts for it. This isn't too bad for me. It makes things more interesting for me. I was just worried it was a sign of autism or defective genes.

I'm sure us autistic people just pay more attention. My contacts (which aren't exactly correct) are 1.00 different in power and 0.50 different in cylinder. My left eye is also visibly larger than right. I'm not sure if that is because my right eyebrow and lid droops slightly or if the difference in my eyesight affects the eyeball shape enough to cause different levels of protrusion.

I don't have asymetrical eyes.

I don't think you have enough difference between your eyes for it to make them look visibly different. Which eye is more nearsighted? If your prescription is effecting your eyeball shape, your left eye should be the most nearsighted. My eyes are pretty symmetrical looking, but when I wear glasses my left eye is magnified.

I didn't think so either. My right eye is most nearsighted. The left is most astigmatized. (Not sure that's a word.) My glasses tend to mask my eyes, so it's less noticable when I'm wearing them. I didn't even notice my eyes looked different until I took some selfies to show off my contacts.

Not exactly a word, but it works . With me my left eye is the most farsighted and astigmatic. If you're using a camera phone, the camera might be distorting your face. My face looks more asymmetrical than it is when I take selfies.