are 'nervous habits/tics' to be expected with a child with aspergers?

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DS has aspergers and is nearly 6. Two weeks ago he started doing a random cough for no apparent reason. This week the cough has disappeared and he is clip clopping like he is pretending to be a horse with his tongue quite a lot. He has also started turning around randomly.
I wasn't sure if this was an AS thing or inherited from me - as a child I had what my mum called nervous habits that could be anything from fiddling with my earrings, to cracking my knuckles to nibbling holes in my jumper. My habits started when my parents divorced though so we always put it down to that. I still find my hands are constantly on the move in some way or another.
What do you think?

My ds knows 2 children with AS who have tics. I don't know if it's part of the AS/anxiety or a co-morbidity though, but I think it's not uncommon.

DS is currently being assessed for AS/ASD he also has verbal and motor tics as in rolling eyes into head, raising eyebrows in a surprised fashion down to frowning position, constant throat clearing, clicking at the back of his throat etc

He is also being assessed for Tourettes due to the tics but I was told on the phone that some kids with ASD have tic disorders/stimming disorders that they can well grow out of. NT kids too can have tics at a young age, my sister (NT) had a constant habbit of rubbing her nose up and down so much so she had a crease on the bridge, and used to crack her knuckles but she grew out of it by the time she was 10 ish :)

My Ds recent dx HFA or Aspergers. He has had tics for years they come and go but seem worse when he is very stressed.
I have heard it is common with ASC.

My 9 yo DS has Asperger's and also does the constant throat-clearing thing, as well as other tics. It's v common I think.

I think it is common. DS has had a drama cough at times. Now, when he's nervous, he makes a clocking sound. He doesn't know he's doing it!

ds is being assessed (he is 9) - he has had tics on and off for ages.

Dd3 has a dx of Asd although she is at the aspie end of the spectrum. She has tics which come and go although we think of it as stimming. She has a throat clearing one which i use to gauge her stress levels. She sings or hums and sometimes has a coughing one and a finger clicking one.

She is 9 by the way, i think it is very common for children with ASD to stim/tic.

No dx of ASD yet but we've had throat clearing, sniffing, whistling, teeth grinding when awake and raspberry blowing. The whistling one has recently come back, but I'm linking it recent anxiety he's been having at school. The teeth grinding is always going on, makes me wince when he does it!

ds1 is 10 (well he will be next week ) and has AS. He has a variety of facial and motor tics that come and go but tend to be at their worst when he's tired, ill and/or stressed. End of term is a classic time for them to appear.

He has a throat clearing cough, blink, facial grimace, head flick and funny little hand twisting thing (that I can't really describe) as well as a sort of little hum.

I was told by both the Ed Psych and the Clinical Psych that tics are extremely common in children with ASD.