Do people with Asperger's look different?

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Do people with Asperger's look different from NTs?

No.

I think it's not so much they look different but that they look at you differently. It's the facial expressions that are different.

Have a look on youtube for aspergers people and watch if they move their eyebrows when speaking.

No. They look at you and wonder why you don't get it--there is no obvious clue, like Down's syndrome. It is especially puzzling when you are obviously gifted.

Well I look different, but generalising things ain't right. I think some aspies got smaller body frame because of unusual eating habits and others have sorta like a "baby face", look younger than their real age in other words. That's all I know.

I've heard that depending on "how autistic" you are, you might look younger than you actually are. However, I don't know how much basis that has in fact.

I think its more a matter of AS causing you to look a certain way due to it's individual effect on your personality, rather than a direct correlation. Some people are skinny because AS causes them to eat certain things at certain times every day, and those things happen to be healthy. I have a hard time losing weight because my escape from everyday mild sensory overload is (regretably) sugar. I also (maybe incorrectly) believe that the reason I love breads so much is because supposedly autistic people can't process most breads correctly, and they build up a type of opiate in the body that helps calm down sensory experiences as well. Or maybe I just like bread more than I probably should -- I'm not sure. (;

There is no real standard for measuring physical appearance in a world where no two people are alike, so no.

Besides the third eyeballs in our foreheads, not really.

i have the unusual hair whorls.

I've read they we do look different. However it's not typically noticeable, unlike with Down Syndrome.

i read in various places and times, that with us aspies there is a statistically signifigant rate increase regarding bodily asymmetry [unequal-length limbs, differently-sized eyes, non-uniform/uneven bone structure et al.]

Generally yes. Youthful appearance for age, oftentimes a large head in comparison to body, very earthy, naive look, etc.