Are you Asperger's?

[Deja Q]

More to follow...


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=asperger%27s
(some sites for more info)

[JohnKleeb]

1. Yeah Why do you ask?

[Deja Q]

4. I've just been diagnosed with it myself.

Wanted to see if I was alone.

Did I offend you? If so, I apologize.

[JohnKleeb]

5. Aint offended what so ever

Youre not alone, theres a few of us here :).

[ikojo]

12. I've taken many AQ tests online and come out pretty high

On one I come out with a 39 which, according to the test, is an indicator I am Aspie.

HypnoToad, what did you do to get diagnosed?

[Deja Q]

16. I told a couple of counselors my life history.

I will get an MMPI done.

But no AQ tests.

Still, I'm close to an answer, finally.

[AlienGirl]

14. You're not alone!

Congratulations on your diagnosis!

Tucker

[Arkana]

19. I'm a mild Asperger's case...

and I hate it.

[liberalhistorian]

2. My son, who turned fourteen today,

was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome in 1998, when he was seven years old and in the first grade. It's certainly been an interesting time dealing with it!

HT, feel free to PM me for more info if you want.

[JohnKleeb]

6. Hey, LH

I wish I had been diagnosed that young because I only found out when I was in 8th-10th gradish, I Wish I could have found out when I was the age your son was, it would have helped me explain why I am the way I am, but alas sigh.

[XanaDUer]

7. Why you are the way you are?

You seem perfectly fine to me! :hi:

[JohnKleeb]

8. Yeah I am normal I guess

but I would have liked to have known why I am the way I am.

[XanaDUer]

9. Sometimes I wonder why freepers are the way they are

But I don't think it can be diagnosed. I should grab a copy of the DSM-IV and look it up.

[JohnKleeb]

10. DSM-IV is that psych thing right?

It really would have been great to know what Aspergers was at that age sigh, I am gradually getting less and less shy.

[XanaDUer]

11. It's an excellent resource manual.

http://www.psychologynet.org/dsm.html

[JohnKleeb]

13. Yes, Ive heard

[liberalhistorian]

18. Yes, I'm very glad it was diagnosed early

when intervention and treatments really help the best. My own learning disability wasn't diagnosed until I was sixteen and near the end of my sophomore year. By then it was way too late to do anything about it, my neural patterns had already pretty much formed. At that time, though, the knowledge of such dianoses and problems, and sensitivity toward the need for early testing and intervention was only really beginning.

My parents always felt guilty because they were both teachers, they said they'd always thought there might be something not quite right with me and were upset with themselves for not seeing and recognizing it sooner. Then again, they were trained in the early 60's, when this kind of thing was hardly ever discussed, let alone taught.

[JohnKleeb]

20. My learning disablity was diagnosed at the age of 5

but Aspergers came later, wish I could have dealt with it. How's he doing by the way? I wish him all the best, its not fun to have Aspergers.

[KamaAina]

3. Kanaloa (yes, with reservations)

a perfectly legitimate vote at the Hawai'i legislature.

The reservations are that no one has been able to determine whether I count as Asperger's or plain old, garden-variety high-functioning autism.

Seriously. Some of the finest minds in the field have grappled with this question and have come up with inconclusive results. The basic difficulty is that the differential diagnosis is made by looking at scores on IQ subtests: verbal > nonverbal: Asperger's; nonverbal > verbal: autism.

The difficulty with me is that both my subscores were off scale...

[Nikia]

15. My therapist says I definitely do not have it

On those self assesments, I score borderline. I asked my therapist about this though. She said that I actually was almost the opposite. I developed some AS symptoms in childhood as an emotionally sensitive child reacting to psychological trauma. Withdrawing from others was a coping mechanism.

[ironflange]

17. Nope, sorry

I have to settle for ADD and depression.