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06 Nov 2016, 3:38 pm

sternburg wrote:
According to a former psychiatrist of mine, asperger's facial traits are lacking mobility around the mouth and lower area of the face.

Yes... that is a behavior... not a look... it's called flattened aspect


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06 Nov 2016, 3:39 pm

north404 wrote:
Eye contact and wide eyes were mentioned, but I also think in general - "lifeless" looking blank eyes are pretty telling.

Except that is nowhere in the diagnostic criteria... and is not a common descriptor used to describe autistic spectrum individuals


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06 Nov 2016, 3:39 pm

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I have heard that there are some but that they are very subtle. I also found a article a couple of years ago talking about a study where they had examined the bronchial tubes of autistics compared to nts and found that autistics all had tri branched tubes rather than duo branched that the nts had.

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06 Nov 2016, 9:51 pm

I think we look like our parents than anything.


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07 Nov 2016, 2:23 am

CockneyRebel wrote:
I think we look like our parents than anything.


My uncle says I look like the mailman, but I think that's just his off-beat sense of humour.