Do you think I am autistic?

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Yeah but they can be important like for doctors and certain stuff

Asking the population of WP to debate with your grandmother about your diagnosis is like asking two blind guys to compete in gun marksmenship.

The subjective "vibe" I get from you as you present yourself here is that, yes, you are autistic to some degree or another.

But I could be way off cause I don't know you IRL, much less am I a pro who can diagnose with a test.

Why does your grandma's dissenting opinion ( I assume that your parents and your doctors all have the opposite opinion that you are autistic) "worry" you exactly?

P.S.
The test numbers you have at the bottom of your page are pretty high. I realize that those do-it-yourself online tests are not reliable. But when your numbers are that lopsided toward being autistic it probably means something even on an online test.

I don't think anyone is "normal"

I go by whatever they diagnose me with as far as my type of autism goes. But I also go by what I know are my disabilities, impairments from personal experience that doesn't need a specific label.

Hey! I'm the only normal person in the world. Everyone else are just plain weird.

Thanks MsAnon!

And it's good to know that my mind has good company, Lumi

Very true Jen, but again I'd say that they're important in that context because they're meaningful to the doctors and to you. I guess I'm just saying that you ought to try not worry about the label beyond it's importance for some specific reason (like getting medical services, etc). Whether or not said label "fits", it doesn't define one's entire identity.

Doubt and "imposter-syndrome" (doubting that you are the "real thing") seem to follow Asperger syndrome.
Jeni. Like Star Trekker I also believed you to be closer to classic autistic.

About mild....I know a guy in our local group, who has IA, but he is a university guy (now pensioned), nice and relaxed and by far the most normal looking, or one of them.
It takes a professional to judge.

Me too!
You asked what is our impression based on your posts and my impression was that one.
Also no matter what you do seem to belong here!

i know two things, i am always struggling to keep up with a group conversation and i am uncomfortable around large groups of people ( i think that it becomes a more political affair after a certain number)..... oh yeah people tell me i talk too much with a droning voice.

others say i am avoid them and my teacher tells me that i make her feel uncomfortable due to too much eyecontact. im mostly quiet and observant but i am extremely nice perhaps even too nice to the point that other sometimes suspect me of having ulterior motives but to define what is going on in my mind....... well i am talking too myself or thinking about possibilities or perhaps even just making up stories and imagine the outcome.

I wondered this about myself as well, ever since I was first diagnosed.

For me, the challenge has always been having a suitable baseline to compare myself to.
- On WP, I read about many others who are much worse off than me (in terms of behavioral symptoms). And, I think, geez, I don?t have it that bad.
- In the ?real world?, I learn about people who are less capable (I suppose from an intelligence perspective). And, I think, geez, I don?t have it that bad.

Sure, I am not good at the social stuff. But, there are some things I am decent at. Sure, I don?t have a lot of friends. But, at least I am not lonely when I am alone. Sure, I have some weird rituals and some odd obsessions. But, I constantly am amazed to learn about some of the odd things that ?normal? people do.

Just what is ?normal?? And, does that matter? Ultimately, none of this matters. All that does matter is finding a way to lead a content life.