Understanding non-verbal communication

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I have read that autistic people find it hard to read other people's body language or facial expressions. But generally I do not have any difficulty in those areas. What difficulties, if any, do people here have in that way?

Facial expressions, I always ask mother what face she's pulling, sometimes mid rant, because she looks contorted as though upset, which leads to me constantly appologising.
"What??" is not a verbal tic, I merely find myself confused several times daily, "What?! Have I done something, what's up seriously?!" Interacting with my family takes effort at times, expecially when I need to put a point accross, mother and I write to eachother a fair bit lately, keeps any reactions at bay while we figure out eachothers points of view.

In terms of below neck body language, I can't say I've noticed mis-communication, obviously if someone tries to hug me, i'll scew my face up and move away.

facial expressions, how they move their body, how they change their tone of voices to certain things, how they move their hands, their legs, how they wink for certian things, or how they eye roll, or how they flicker their eye lashes, or how they move their lips, the way they can change roles in a matter of seconds, ugh im bad a nonverbal communication

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Facial expression;

They look all the same. And if they don't, I have no idea what they mean.

What details Age listed, too.

I know a few aspects now though, but none of them directly related to emotions or expression, but always interpreted only in the context of the situation and as psychological or physiological aspects.

Like, people are looking at what they're interested in unless their eyes are unfocused. And unless they just look elsewhere in a way that tells they cannot see at what their eyes are directed at which often means they try not to look at something certain.

Mine seems to be more in my own inability to express facial expressions and body language so that others might better relate to me. I seem to read people okay but have trouble with verbal communication so am more or less hopeless to effectively respond. I seem to be completely unable to engage in small talk and don't understand a necessity for it either. The problems seem rather complex and I have trouble comprehending all of it fully.