Not always noticeable features,

[UFO]

Share any features that may seem ordinary at first glance but could actually indicate autistic traits. Do you have anything similar? Share your observations!

Speaking in a very precise and well-formulated manner, using long sentences and a lot of definitions. Sounding like a "little professor". Spending an hour to formulate a two-lines long forum message like this.

(Edit: Oops... TBRS1 already came up with this, and with the first reply...)

Not knowing how to answer "easy" questions, or a long pause before "easy" questions.

 

[maleonolo]

Over the years, the stimming has changed. When I was young, I did that hand-flapping thing. Although in my case, it was more 'hand-clapping': my wrist joint would be rigid, but the fingers loose. Done with vigor with either hand, it made a reasonably loud clapping sound.
In my old age, it has long switched over to 'cussing a blue streak'- most evident when repairing an old Ford. The stress will build and build, until the fairly quiet 2-minute cuss-out bleeds it all away. Then I'll feel fairly weak and relaxed for a couple hours. Then it'll be 2 or 3 weeks until the next "spasm" occurs. I don't get physical in these sessions fortunately. It's never off my property.

Wait so you stim by cussing?

 

[UFO]

Wait so you stim by cussing?

I do also that kind of thing. Usually when I am jogging or something. Climbing uphill I start mumbling stuff like that to myself and also some totally random words "three", "eight", "caterpillar" and so on... I don't know where they come from, but it is relieving. Like scratching an itch.

 

[Nervous Rex]

I do also that kind of thing. Usually when I am jogging or something. Climbing uphill I start mumbling stuff like that to myself and also some totally random words "three", "eight", "caterpillar" and so on... I don't know where they come from, but it is relieving. Like scratching an itch.

I get stuck on rhyming words or near homophones.

I heard the word "Marshallese" and for a while I had "Mars shall ease Marshallese" running through my head.
It seems like any time I hear one word, my brains says, "Oh! That rhymes with..."

 

[maleonolo]

I get stuck on rhyming words or near homophones.

I heard the word "Marshallese" and for a while I had "Mars shall ease Marshallese" running through my head.
It seems like any time I hear one word, my brains says, "Oh! That rhymes with..."

I'm guessing you like poetry

 

[Nervous Rex]

I'm guessing you like poetry

You're absolutely right. I looooove poetry. I like the fun, absurd poetry, not the serious high-literature poetry. I like Dorothy Parker, Ogden Nash, Gelett Burgess, and the like.

I have dozens of poems memorized and have written quite a few myself. Any time I find a poem I like, I memorize it so I can have it with me anywhere, anytime.

 

[Vesta]

You're absolutely right. I looooove poetry. I like the fun, absurd poetry, not the serious high-literature poetry. I like Dorothy Parker, Ogden Nash, Gelett Burgess, and the like.

I have dozens of poems memorized and have written quite a few myself. Any time I find a poem I like, I memorize it so I can have it with me anywhere, anytime.

I also take pleasure in memorizing poems and can boast an extensive repertoire. However, I don’t have a particular passion for poetry as a whole; rather, it’s a skill that comes easiest to me and one in which I surpass most people

 

[RemyZee]

OCD.

The letters must be in their proper order.

COD. The letters must refer to a type of fish.

Trait: Weird senses of humor few people understand.

 

[Cutesie]

COD. The letters must refer to a type of fish.

Trait: Weird senses of humor few people understand.

DOC. The letters must refer to the profession of the one who diagnoses you.

 

[Cutesie]

I've seen teenagers walking back and forth through the entire length of a train while it was moving. They might've been stimming through pressure on their feet or needed 'vestibular' stimulation (sorry if I used it wrongly). I wonder if they're autistic

They may just be antsy / ADHD.

 

[Grondhammar]

A strongly associative memory, where thoughts branch wildly along connected pathways - along with an extremely good memory.

I just noticed this thread due to recent replies, and this quote is from the start. I immediately associated this with the "answer a question with a question" thread which has provided so much fun. That is all about branching and association! At any one point there are a dozen+ ways it could go. Seeing all of them and picking one is really enjoyable.