Where is the Border?

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In my case I have NVLD (The IQ profile) and clearly autistic traits. I am much more impaired by ADHD and something like Fibromyalgia than core Autistic issues.

I would like to have an idea to what degree I can say I am Asperger. For me somebody with ASD is somebody that would have been diagnosed as a child. The criteria I have seen is not so relevant to adults, also in my case it would not be so clear what is ADHD and ASD.

I think i should actually qualify for ASD diagnosis from my ADHD (DSM IV OF V?), but that wouldn't mean much for me.
(I am sure it is an ASD type of ADHD, but I think that doesn't mean I am in the 1%)

Seems to me, just say the truth. Say you've got traits of Asperger's, but haven't been assessed for a diagnosis (I assume from what you wrote that's the case). And, if someone asks, or it's otherwise warranted, you can say you think you qualify for a diagnosis, and/or say more about specific traits you have.

It should be possible to say something?

Like how the median or most people with ASD as a child are as grownups when it comes to need for sameness, special interests, social issues.

About intelligence, I just meant that groups at different Intelligence-levels perhaps can't be compared directly. But if you just look at AD, it is probably different.