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17 Apr 2018, 2:19 am

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I have heard we're supposed to took younger and more innocent or attractive, but anyone can look that way. At least it sounds more positive than saying we look like a serial killer or someone severely intellectually disabled.

I've heard that too... but I look like a supervillain (I'm in an art class, and we are doing portraits of each other now... and every portrait... and these are some amazing artists... I look like I should be punching batman


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19 Apr 2018, 9:25 am

My mom claims you can tell I am autistic by looking at my old school pictures. Supposedly you can tell by my "fake smile" and this "look" in my eyes.


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19 Apr 2018, 11:14 am

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My mom claims you can tell I am autistic by looking at my old school pictures. Supposedly you can tell by my "fake smile" and this "look" in my eyes.

This is an example of confirmation bias, but even if it were true - she is commenting on behavior, not physicality


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30 Apr 2018, 3:59 pm

By looking at the face definitely not. By looking at the behaviour maybe, if you have good observational skills. Funny enough, I've personally already spotted some "potential" aspies in my class but I've spotted like 2 or 3 "potential" aspies besides me. Each one different though but I might be completely wrong too. hahah :D like someone said I think, only a good therapist can tell for sure.


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03 May 2018, 1:43 pm

arth_96 wrote:
By looking at the face definitely not. By looking at the behaviour maybe, if you have good observational skills. Funny enough, I've personally already spotted some "potential" aspies in my class but I've spotted like 2 or 3 "potential" aspies besides me. Each one different though but I might be completely wrong too. hahah :D like someone said I think, only a good therapist can tell for sure.

Autism Spectrum Disorders cannot be diagnosed or recognized through casual observation. This is according to the very diagnostic criteria.


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06 May 2018, 11:58 am

Yeah I know, that's why I said only a good therapist can tell for sure! :)


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11 May 2018, 6:09 am

Not by just looking at a face, not by just looking and behavior and NOT as a method of diagnosis. But my learning is by patterns. Once I know a pattern, it jumps out at me. ASD jumps out at me from fairly brief contact. I don't know what the specific features are, because my mind doesn't reveal to me how I "got" the pattern. Again, not diagnosing, just observing.


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11 May 2018, 7:02 am

I believe: at times you could; most times you can’t at first glance.

Like Blazingstar stated, one can determine this sort of thing through observation and patterns of behavior.