I see me in you. Literally

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From the few pictures that seem to be an actual picture of you guys I see myself. No, I don't mean an actual resemblance or even passing necessarily. But there's something that I can't shake that makes me feel like I'm looking at a relative. Weird stuff. I don't have a pic handy at the moment. But does anyone else have that notion?

Yes. There's something in the facial expression of a person that shows a way of seeing the world that defines the autistic spectrum better than any list of "symptoms" ever could.

My 7 year old son (who has AS) loves staring at people's photos and keeps saying 'they look very friendly' and 'I'm sure I've seen that person before.'

Actually when I compare photos of my son to people on this website I can relate to what you're saying.

A relative is not "literally" you but someone who shares more of your genetic material than the average person.

I agree! I always recognised 'my kind of people' even before I know about AS etc.

Yes. I cannot quantify why, but I feel related. And, in my family ancestry, there are many autistics, so I do see this. I am told Autistics/AS have a sort of "possessed, haunted" stare......again, just a perception, but nevertheless real. I see/feel/sense it.

hmmm very interestiing.....i think i may have to research that one..i never thought of it like that...

That's interesting!

I agree. I noticed that too. A strange sense of familiarity.

I feel the same way. It's like meeting members of my extended family.

*nods*

This is probably why I thought Sedaka and I looked related in the "Post a Pic!" thread.... The only person I've really looked at is myself, and if there's a "disturbance" in how we all outwardly control our physical cues (i.e., facial expressions), we see that what we’re familiar with....

It makes me sound like I'll get together with you all at some time somewhere.