any aspies that CAN read facial expressions/gestures fine?

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Are there any aspies out there that can seem pretty normal in social situations? Like they aren't consistently awkward or seemingly self centered in social interaction? And they can read facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, and gestures fine? I guess this would qualify as like "mild" aspergers.

I can read facial expressions, for the most part. Subtle ones I'll probably miss. I'm at a total loss on non verbal cues.

I've spent years studying facial expressions, watching crime drama that explains muscle movements and such, and I still mess up... but I've gotten better. If it's a basic expression I can do fine.

Do you think it is possible for a aspie who hasen't studied people like you have to be able to read everything seemingly fine?

If you're more on the borderline/BAP it's possible. It's also possible that you think you're worse at reading non-verbal cues than you think you are.

can you be bap/borderline without a family member having autism?
Also of you know, can you have nvld and be good at it without a bunch of research/help?

I think anything can be possible. I'm sure there are people on the spectrum who can read expressions just fine, but are still socially inept. It's one thing to read an expression and a completely different thing to know what to say, or what not to say!

I haven't been diagnosed but I have always been socially weird. I feel like I can read all the social ques and expressions and non verbal communication in general just find, but I often struggle to know how to react to it.

I think being able to read people normally precludes autism.

Couldn't you have autism but be able to read non verbal things fine but have difficulty knowing how to respond to them?

I think there must be significant deficits in ability to both read people and respond normally.
Reading people normally is too good social cognition for autism.

I don't know. I guess you can have autistic traits. This describes me pretty well. I often have moments where I can tell that someone is uncomfortable or disengaged, but I have no clue on how to fix it.

Yes, you can. In the studies I've seen, the prevalence rate seems to be between 2-5% among parents of non-autistic kids. It might be a bit higher among non-parents, if BAP makes people less likely to have kids.

However, if you're struggling in everyday life, then that suggests something more than BAP. BAP people are at higher risk for the same conditions commonly comorbid in autism, such as OCD, ADHD, specific language impairment, social anxiety, etc.

You mean there couldn't be Aspies hypersensitive to facial cues?

I know how to read some facial cues, especially when people show it in extremes but mostly, I can't figure it quite well like what kind of look is a joke or angry, or sarcastic.

I've gotten better over the years at reading facial expressions, etc When I was a child, I didn't care enough to even seek to read them.

Owl: I hope we are still friends. I'm sorry I upset you the other day. How's everything going?

I can read facial expression and gestures, but not well.

I was really embarrassed to learn this. I am a classic case of the Dunning-Kruger effect in that way. I was not aware enough of what I was missing to know that I was missing so much. I am embarrassed by this deficit and it's easy to be in denial about it.

I just thought people were intrinsically mysterious and often incomprehensible!

I still tend to think I am better at this than I really am. My wife sometimes has to tell me things that most people would have read, and this makes me sad.