Diagnosing autism from a YouTube video
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Can you PLEASE tell me what personality type this guy is?
I have a acquaintance bordering on friend who has the same mannerisms and I DO NOT GET what they stem from.
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While some verbal patterns reflect personality type, mannerisms aren’t personality type. However this guy’s mannerisms indicate autism. Here’s why:
1. He exaggerates his expressions because he can’t read expressions so he thinks no one else can.
2. He has low sensory integration, so when he’s getting hurt he knows it intellectually but has trouble integrating the physical sensation of being hurt – this is why he can make a video while the talon is tearing his skin.
3. He also has a vestibular deficit which you can see when he counter balances the the weight of the owl in one hand by putting his hand on his hip and shifting his hip. Those are balancing measures that are atypical- we see they are weird immediately but we don’t necessarily link the action to a vestibular deficit. We might say “that looks gay” but it only looks gay because so many gay people are autistic and therefore have balance issues.