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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Aspergers vs. social anxiety

farsaf
Posted: 09 Jan 2012, 4:28 am 

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Some with AS will fear making eye contact, but it's due to the physical pain that it causes, rather than feeling...the things self-consciousness brings on. that's interesting, i wonder how it manifests itself. i have pretty bad social anxiety and it takes effort for me to make eye contact with peop...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Aspergers vs. social anxiety

farsaf
Posted: 09 Jan 2012, 4:02 am 

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Posture, facial expressions (except the extremes), eye contact, vocal intonation, gestures, and whatnot, will all be possibly affected. I doubt you'd find many who're "normal" at these things who have AS. true, i just feel like a lot of issues in these areas can be chalked up to social anxiety/self...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Aspergers vs. social anxiety

farsaf
Posted: 09 Jan 2012, 3:40 am 

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It seems like a lot of people with Asperger's say they don't have problems with body language though. And by repetitive behaviors, does that encompass watching TV or playing a video game or something? That's often a symptom of depression too, as would be doing anything antisocial for a long period o...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Aspergers vs. social anxiety

farsaf
Posted: 09 Jan 2012, 3:19 am 

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Just a distinction I'm confused about. There are a lot of websites that try to explain the difference but none of them are really clear. If someone is socially awkward but doesn't really have sensory issues, can they still be considered autistic? If so, how?
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