What kind of autism do you have?

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Wha kind of autistic person are you? Pick the one that best fits you.

Autistic	7%	[ 8 ]
Asperger's Syndrome	56%	[ 67 ]
PDD-NOS	11%	[ 13 ]
High-Functioning Autistic	17%	[ 20 ]
Medium-Functioning Autistic	5%	[ 6 ]
Low-Functioning Autistic	1%	[ 1 ]
Not Autistic	3%	[ 4 ]

Total votes : 119

AlexWelshman
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15 Aug 2011, 12:19 pm

Artros wrote:

It's a self-diagnosis, but I would say Asperger's Syndrome, based on what I've read here on the differences between AS and HFA.

You almost certainly are Asperger, if you haven' had speech deley & I assume you haven't since your not yet diagnosed.

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15 Aug 2011, 12:29 pm

I picked high functioning autistic because I think functioning labels have some use and the DSM-IV categories are completely useless. And I'm definitely high functioning.

But if you'd had it as an option I'd have picked Newson Syndrome (pathological demand avoidance). My official diagnosis is PDD NOS but I'm pretty sure that's the subtype I fit best.

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15 Aug 2011, 12:46 pm

I'm High functioning autism. I got downgraded!

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15 Aug 2011, 2:14 pm

aspie here

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15 Aug 2011, 3:06 pm

Officially, I have Asperger's, but I tell everyone I have autism cause it's easier.

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15 Aug 2011, 3:22 pm

AlexWelshman wrote:

How come you've got one saying 'autistic', when there're all types of autism except for normal?

I don't know what "normal" means in your question. I have autistic listed separately because not everyone uses functioning labels, and the other "autistic" answers used those labels.

Sora wrote:

What kind I have, right? You mean that literally? Not what people think or what diagnosis I have?

Thought I'll check though I guess I could go for "autistic" for the sake of being right one way or the other.

It could be which diagnosis or it could be which one you think you actually have. This thread's taken a bit out of context as someone was, at the time, starting multiple polls asking "What kind of autistic are you?" with incomplete answers in their polls, so I tried to be more complete, although using labels that I do not think describe real divisions between autistic people.

Ettina wrote:

But if you'd had it as an option I'd have picked Newson Syndrome (pathological demand avoidance). My official diagnosis is PDD NOS but I'm pretty sure that's the subtype I fit best.

I hadn't heard of Newsom Syndrome at the time I wrote this.

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15 Aug 2011, 3:23 pm

The kind that makes you so different that suicidally lonely people would rather be lonely than be with you.

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15 Aug 2011, 4:46 pm

I'll use both "I am an aspie" and "I am autistic". I self-diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. My official diagnosis says Asperger's Syndrome. However, sometimes I am frustrated referring to myself as having AS because of the assumptions that I have been seeing that someone with AS are less impaired than I am.

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15 Aug 2011, 4:58 pm

I voted for PDD-NOS this time, with some reluctance. Some of my characteristics are clearly autistic, some are inattentive type ADD, I have problems with long-term memory, not only with short-term one, and I didn't have language learning delay, although my language usage is quite odd, and even unique to other autistics I guess.

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21 Aug 2011, 9:39 am

Verdandi wrote:

All right, thanks for the answer, it helped me decide.

I think the options are well-chosen for addressing a larger, diverse audience as this one is. Most people should be able to decide on an option they feel fairly okay with.

So I hope you're fine with me sort of resurrecting this after I remembered and got curious about the poll's results.

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21 Aug 2011, 1:44 pm

I'm an NT mom of an autistic boy. He was diagnosed both with pdd-NOS and classic autism.
However, I don't feel "normal"...

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21 Aug 2011, 1:59 pm

claudia wrote:

I'm an NT mom of an autistic boy. He was diagnosed both with pdd-NOS and classic autism.
However, I don't feel "normal"...

I have the same feeling. I remember things of my early years and I see some "traits", but I also recognize there are a lot of traits I do not have. My Aspie husband also tells me I am not "normal". But my daughter's therapist tells me I am NT. I think maybe living so many years with my AS husband has changed me, too. I have less friends now an interest in different things.

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21 Aug 2011, 2:52 pm

Ilka wrote:

claudia wrote:

I'm an NT mom of an autistic boy. He was diagnosed both with pdd-NOS and classic autism.
However, I don't feel "normal"...

I don't feel the need to have friends. I make friends only if I'm highly interested in them but often I don't know how to behave with them. I'm interested in knowledge. I read many books and I enjoy science and computers. I was happy with my books and my computer science studies before my son was born. He changed my life because I feel unfit to raise him. I try hard everyday to understand how he feels and to do my best.

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21 Aug 2011, 2:54 pm

My diagnosis is (moderate, classic) autism, so I just chose "autistic".

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21 Aug 2011, 3:29 pm

littlelily613 wrote:

My diagnosis is (moderate, classic) autism, so I just chose "autistic".

On the pole; if that had to be anything more specific, do you think that'd be mid functioning autism?

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21 Aug 2011, 4:34 pm

claudia wrote:

I was always interested in knowledge, too, and reading was my favorite activity for many years (since very young - now I do not read that much - just don't have the time), but I was never really into science. I was more into mythology, history, literature.

I do not think there is such a thing as a mother who feels "fit" to raise her child. When I had my little girl I was terrified. I was so terrified that when the nurse left her near my bed in the hospital so I fed my child and walked away, I left the child there and walked after the nurse. I just had no idea how to feed her, how to hold her, what to do. I read a lot about motherhood. I practically raised her following "What to expect when you are expecting" and "What to expect during the first year", after that I felt a little (just a little) more confident. And even so I made a lot of mistakes (and continue doing so).

If you have to try so hard everyday to understand how your son feels, then probably you are not Autistic. My husband and daughter are Autistic, and he is my universal translator. He always knows how she feels, why she is feeling that way, why she behaves a certain way... he always UNDERSTANDS. I am the one struggling. Thank God I have him.

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