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Griff
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20 Oct 2007, 10:33 pm

I have always had the ability to focus and unfocus my vision completely at will. It's uncanny. I was wondering as to whether anyone else had this capability. Is it common in autism?



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20 Oct 2007, 10:35 pm

I have that same issue, but I'm not sure how common it is with people on the spectrum.

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20 Oct 2007, 10:38 pm

I can too, I just let my eyes unfocus, it's good for magic eye pics



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20 Oct 2007, 10:46 pm

Explain to me, my wild eyes. :lol:


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20 Oct 2007, 10:59 pm

I can do it too. I can also make my eyes vibrate.


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20 Oct 2007, 11:00 pm

yeahh i can do this to



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21 Oct 2007, 1:20 am

Yes, I thought everyone could do this?

Do you guys ever have that problem where if you stare at something too long your eyes sort of 'flick'. It happens when I'm working on blown up images in photoshop the most. But also times where I'm not overly straining my eyes.



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21 Oct 2007, 1:55 am

Wrackspurt wrote:
Yes, I thought everyone could do this?

Do you guys ever have that problem where if you stare at something too long your eyes sort of 'flick'. It happens when I'm working on blown up images in photoshop the most. But also times where I'm not overly straining my eyes.


Oh I hate that flick thing!! !


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21 Oct 2007, 4:44 am

all humans can do it.



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21 Oct 2007, 7:37 am

Wrackspurt wrote:
Yes, I thought everyone could do this?
So did I until people started mentioning to me that it's weird. I doubt it's an Aspie trait, though, on reflection.



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21 Oct 2007, 7:44 am

I dont know who told you they cant do that, but I think they are the freaks here.
Ive had comments about my eyes before, about the way I look at things or just how pretty they are. Somebody once told me that they think I just sit in my room all day practicing shifting my eyes back and forth and rolling them around and stuff, cause I move my eyes so rapidly. But if you cant look someone in the eyes when you talk to them, you gotta be looking at everything else.



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21 Oct 2007, 8:20 am

Yog-Sothoth wrote:
I dont know who told you they cant do that, but I think they are the freaks here.
It's supposed to be reflexive, though.



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21 Oct 2007, 12:20 pm

My eyes are naturally unfocused, and have to force them to see normally. My optician so does not get this. Also I am (not visibly) cross eyed, up to about 4 feet in front of me. My eyes are quite lazy, but not in the medical sense, they just can't be bothered.


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21 Oct 2007, 1:08 pm

Griff wrote:
Yog-Sothoth wrote:
I dont know who told you they cant do that, but I think they are the freaks here.
It's supposed to be reflexive, though.


So is breathing or blinking your eyes, but you can still do those things voluntarily.

I too can focus or unfocus my eyes at will, although not when looking at far objects.



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21 Oct 2007, 7:13 pm

I focus and unfocus my eyes on specific things sometimes. ("Oh! I want to look at that tree directly in front of me! Oh! I want to look at what the background is behind that tree! Yay!")

...That probably made no sense. I confused myself typing that.


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