the physical signs of aspergers

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LOL all of this describes me apart from the head because it fits in proportion because of my tall 6,3 frame, I have also been told that my eyes have a dreary and stoned look about them, people thought I was a stoner when I was younger, Yep people picked on my beautiful eyes

Yeah but that's all to do with the brain. We don't have any actual physical differences that are exclusive to the general population, like big hands. If I looked at every feature on my body and associated it on being on the Autistic spectrum, I think I would be one hell of a hypercondriac.

I have average size hands for my body size, and I'm size 4 and a half feet, which is just about underaverage for my body size. I am average height for a woman, and my head is actually smaller than average (I had an averagely small head when I was a baby too). I don't have big eyes (and big eyes have nothing to do with having AS because I know some NTs with unusually big eyes). I have a stooped neck, but that's just the way I hold myself, nothing to do with the way I was naturally built. If I had any different physical features, they would have been noticed by the doctors when they did a physical check on my body shortly after I was diagnosed with AS, and they said I am physically normal.

I don't have any unusual physical features at all, although I do have pretty small wrists!

I've noticed how many aspies are either extremely thin, classic ectomorphs or are BIG. I am one of the extremely thin ones, stick thin my entire life, went through my teens and never did fill out. I have long very thin arms and legs, tiny bony wrists, exceptionally pale skin, tiny head, big eyes and body language and facial expressions which I've been told comes across as hostile and guarded. I walk very fast, much faster than anyone else and have a stiff, slightly awkward gait.

I've been told I have stay-away body language. And my body often seems oddly proportioned to me. In gym class and dancing, things that are easy for other people are hard for me, despite all the weight I've lost.

I don't notice anything about my son, except that he goes blank sometimes. And he has my long torso and shorter legs.
I'm on the tall side of average, but still need to buy petite pants. Oh and he has trouble running.

I'm not too skinny or overweight. I'm in the normal range for my height, which is 5'6.

I've read some of these threads and have so many of these signs/symptoms/characteristics. One I have seen here, but not mentioned in this thread, is walking "toe to heel" and then sort of lifting your heel higher than usual so you're raising and lowering your height. Does anyone else do this?

Also what about other tics like hand flapping?

okay so I have been doing a lot of research on this for awhile because I noticed something was different about my daughter I thought that she might be eccentric or something because she is smarter than everyone her age but she has issues with communicating amongst many other things like toe walking temper tantrums like none other and issues with loud noises the feeling of clothes etc... the more I researched the more I realized she might have aspergers which came to my other realization i might be an aspie as well. It was a very comforting feeling to know there was a name for how I felt my whole life and had no idea what was wrong with me i just thought i was different, as too the physical traits about it I too have a very large head most my life ive been called a bratz doll you know the barbies with huge heads and tiny bodies.... never thought anything of it until reading these posts. I am very clumsy and been told my whole life im accident prone. ive never been any good at sports id avoid P.E at all costs in school for fear of being made fun of and also having anxieties about making a mistake while everyone would be watching.People have always commented on how I walked or ran. I have the shoulder problem where i slouch a lot and people have commented on my odd shoulders once again never thought anything of it. I also have the worst strength its difficult for me to lift hardly anything even milk jugs i have no upper arm strength what so ever. I dont know if this has much to do with it but i have allergies to a ton of stuff,have digestive issues and asthma as a child also had some heart problems... through this site and research on my own ive came to realize that possibly my father and brother have aspergers too.

Slightly large head here as well - doesn't help that I'm skinny and have huge hair.

Yeah, I agree. My ex's sister has been working with young people with autism for 12 years. I haven't been able to get a formal diagnosis but it is her opinion that I am on the spectrum. She said it was my pattern of eye contact was slightly unusual and that when doing emotional expressions on my face it would seem slightly delayed (and this is before we go into special interests, meltdowns etc). Some Nts are more sensitive to this than others and explains why there are a few people who have taken an instant dislike to me even though I don;t think i've done anything wrong.

Who bumped this stupid topic?

Wow that's me right there. I have bony wrists which I hate cause they make me look anorexic even though I'm not. I'm not even super skinny, just average with bony wrists. And I am short, large head, high wide forehead, and my eyes are also slightly close together and yes I have the intense dreamy deep set eyes.

As far as symptoms, I hand flap in private (but been hand flapping since before I was a year old), I have repetitive routines, problems with digestion, feeling bloated, tons of allergies, difficulties making and keeping friends since I started Pre-K, problems making eye contact/hand gestures, body language and the list just goes on. What really affects me the most is my social problems though. Cause the hand flapping and other stims I can control pretty well when I'm around people. But I would get depressed a lot as a teen because of my social difficulties and my mom never took me to speech therapy or to get an official diagnosis. The only diagnosis I found out a while ago is that I'm low on Vitamin D which I heard is very common and if not ALL people with Aspergers are low on Vitamin D, might be the reason for my bony wrists...

Hmm. I'm not sure what all of these features are, but I do have some of them. I have bony wrists (which I like) and a short distance between ribs and hips (which I don't like). I definitely have the high forehead as well. I also have the digit ratio where my ring finger is longer than my index finger. I am very petite (under 100 lbs and under five feet- but I do have some curves.)

I was a gymnast when I was younger and despite the difficulties people here have had with gymnastics, I highly recommend it, specifically to young AS girls. I'm not that athletic, but I think all those years of gymnastics did mute some of the AS physical symptoms and helped me convey more "expected" body language. When I quit gymnastics as a teenager, I became more physically awkward and struggled more socially. I started taking some adult classes a few years ago and noticed that my body language improved in social situations.

For example, some of the first things you learn in gymnastics are proper shoulder angle, keeping your neck and shoulders aligned with your hips, and what to do with your arms when walking/running. I think the shoulder angle is a big one because shoulder angle is a nonverbal cue about how open you are to getting to know people.

My husband has a large head and is NT. Myself and my daughters have AS and only my youngest has a slightly large head, myself and my eldest have small heads. (But we're not like those shrunken heads from the Amazon

Well it's easier to tell with some people. For example, I was watching a video where one of my favorite singers was on and I thought that he may have Asperger's because 1) He says he is introverted and 2) I could just notice it in the way he fidgets with his hands

No, I can't recognize a person with AS just basing on how they look, and people can't say I have AS just basing on how I look.
Autism/AS has no physical features, maybe you can notice that someone with autism has a weird posture, or gait, but even many NTs have weird postures and gaits, and they don't have AS.

I can sometimes pick up on it if I'm talking to someone. My direct supervisor and the guy in the cubicle across from me are almost certainly on the spectrum.