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The other day when I tried to follow a stranger home is called echopraxia - "the involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another."

I heart wikipedia:
An aversion to loud music and naturally loud environments (such as clubs and bars) is typical behavior of a dyspraxic individual who suffers from auditory oversensitivity, while only being comfortable in unusually warm or cold environments is typical of a dyspraxic with temperature oversensitivity. This typically occurs if the dyspraxia is comorbid to an autistic spectrum disorder (PDD) such as autistic disorder or Asperger syndrome.

I like warm, silent, dark environments.

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I didn't read the whole article, but from what I saw it seems like dyspraxia is basically an ASD without the problems with reading body language. Or rather it seems like the difficulties that are most pronounced in autistics are sort of sideline issues for dyspraxics, and vice versa for dyspraxics and autism.

I've never heard of echopraxia before, that's interesting. Sometimes I follow people without realizing it (particularly if I am talking with them or something), but that's usually because I can't talk and pay attention to where I'm supposed to be going at the same time, eheh.

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