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TheDoctor82
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27 Apr 2010, 4:29 am

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Yes. I am consistently told that while my features are normal, it's very easy to pick up that I am not. The way I walk and stand and apparently even my aura suggest an intensity. And that's not including the actual shambles that any attempt at social interaction is. I would say that this is probably fairly common in many Aspies that we physically behave abnormal. The other individuals I know on different regions of the autism spectrum, it is fairly easy to pick them out as different.


right there; I can totally relate. Even though when I smile I look like a crazed psychopath, but otherwise....



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27 Apr 2010, 11:15 am

Keeping up appearances topic

I seem to attract all sorts of unwanted attention, especially from panhandlers and other stranded persons needing money. :roll:


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27 Apr 2010, 6:14 pm

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Its my 'Blank Stare of Nothing' that causes friends and strangers to ask 'Are you ok?
- Yes I'm fine - this is my pleased to see you face (though I'm currently studying the piece of technology on the shelf behind you)
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People also think I'm about 25, I've been dressing in baggy skater clothes since I was 15- so people ask if I'm at college and stuff until I tell them I did that 12 years ago.
I got refused the sale of wine in my local Supermarket two weeks ago.

I go into that blank stare all the time and it's so embarrassing!

My ex boyfriend used to wave his hand in front of my face as if to say "Hello? Anyone home?" every time it happened.

I once got stopped by the police late at night because I was stood around, looking up, admiring the architecture above the town centre shops. They thought I was drunk, and when they found out I was sober and on my way home from work, they didn't want to look stupid, so they said "We were concerned about a young lady out on her own", and they gave me a lift home, even though it was only about 50 yards to my house!

Apart from that I think I mostly appear normal, until I open my mouth and say the most inappropriate things.