Which AS characteristics do you fit? (for whole spectrum)

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I have...
AS
classical autism
PDD-NOS
other

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

[b]H. No cognitive delay[/b]

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

It's less clunky if I just eliminate ones that don't fit, especially since everyone has already seen the list. Redundancy drives me nuts.

I have...
AS


A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach (lord yes. I always feel like an alien when I have to go up and talk to people. I like Temple Grandin's "anthropologist on Mars" sentiment)
2. one-sided responses to peers (I don't know what this means, so I'll leave it here)
3. inability to interact with peers (I think it's more of an unwillingness than an inability. I can force myself, but I really don't want to because it's so awkward)
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour (I've been told that I'm inappropriate when I do things like swear in front of kids but as far as I'm concerned if you don't want your f*****g kids hearing me f*****g swear, leave them the f**k at home instead of bringing them to a f*****g bar... f**k!)


A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level (23.... never had a boyfriend. Yep)
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others (it's more that I don't care. I can get what people are feeling if I need them for something)


B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present (well... I never talk, so yep)

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
2. talks too little

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
I don't know what any of C1 is referring to, so I can't answer it. Ignore it.
1. exclusion of other activities (??? That's a broad area. WHAT other activities?)
2. restricted interest towards other topics (other than what?)
3. repetitive adherence (to?)
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity (definitely)


C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel) (or accent? Do accents count? I avoid people if I can't stand their accents and believe me, it can be a very subtle difference)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects (I love scented candles. Does that count? They're in glass and aren't soft)

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
(routine is where I think I fall out and miss being AS. It's where I highly doubt that I'm AS. I f*****g hate routine)

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language (I resent the word superficial. My verbal IQ is 151)
3. formal, pedantic language (depends on with whom I'm speaking... get it? )

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
2. idiosyncratic use of words (only in poetry, not in speech... it drove my prof nuts because I'd never listen to her suggestions)

E. Body Language (for anything in E, I guess I'd only know if people told me and I don't talk to people so I'm S.O.L)
E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other (other what? I don't look at anything, so yeah. I guess that works)

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
3. limited use of gestures (gestures are f*****g annoying)
4. does not use hands to express oneself (why would I?)

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness (nowadays yes, but unrelated to AS)


G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life (really? I'll have to watch out for that one)

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time (leisure time is boring time)

I am diagnosed with:
AS (but it is possible I fit one of the other labels better. I honestly don't know any more.)
classical autism
PDD-NOS
other

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach (not always, but often... with the people that I can communicate with.)
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers (selective mutism and normally social anxiety around 99% of strangers. And the rare/occasional day where I have trouble talking to/communicating with people I normally have no problem talking/communicating with. And ect, ect.)
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people (varies but I'm normally fine with this.)

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others (most people, yes. Not all. But most.)
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics (it varies. Sometimes I'm "normal". Sometimes too loud. Sometimes too quite. Sometimes croaky. Sometimes monotone. Ect ect.)

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning (sometimes, but I don't think enough to bold it.)
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities (not always but enough to bold it.)
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects (iPod. German Shepherd figureine-ish thing. Stuffed animals. Ect, ect.)

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms (I stim, therefore I am.)

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years) (So my mom says.)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work
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Things I may have/be but I'm not sure about:
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. no interest in making friends (I have three friends. I don't want and can't handle having any other true friends. Does this count?)
6. a loner (I often desire to be alone, even when I know I don't "need" it. But not all the time...)
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play (I'm very imaginative... to a degree. I don't know exactly what this means.)
4. poor flexibility in language expression (once again, don't know what you mean.)
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes (And again...)
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures (lack of response? What type of response, exactly? Facial expressions?)
3. lack of cohesion to conversation (once again, not sure exactly what is meant by this.)
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals (Sort of, sort of not. I don't get much choice to have my routines.)
3. formal, pedantic language (I don't know. I don't know how I come off as.)
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life (once again, don't know what you mean.)
No cognitive delay (and again...)
3. presence of eating disturbances (& again...)
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

I have...
AS/undiagnosed
classical autism
PDD-NOS
other

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friendsI have 1 friend.
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other/avoids eye contact

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay
I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work[/quote]

Oh, what fun.

I have...

AS
classical autism
PDD-NOS
other

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met (Sometimes this is the case.)
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence[/b]
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay[b]

I. [b]No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

I have...
Nothing yet.

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach - Plausibly true
2. one-sided responses to peers - Don't know.
3. inability to interact with peers - Often
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context - Sometimes
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour - Sometimes
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people - Often

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level - Don't know.
2. no close friends - True.
3. no interest in making friends - Often, when in social situations.
4. avoids others - Often
5. lack of desire to interact with peers - OFten
6. a loner - True
7. approaches others only to have own needs met - Often
8. detached from feelings of others - True
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others - True

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present - Don't know
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play - Maybe.
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange - Don't know
4. poor flexibility in language expression - Don't know, maybe.
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes - Maybe
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures - Sometimes

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much - No
2. talks too little - True
3. lack of cohesion to conversation - Sometimes

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics - Don't know

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities - Maybe
2. restricted interest towards other topics - True
3. repetitive adherence - True
4. more rote than meaning - True
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity - True
6. interference with normal daily activities - Sometimes
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables - True

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects - True
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel) - True
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects - Don't know

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms - True

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals - Don't know
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning - Don't know
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment - Don't know

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years) - True
2. superficially perfect expressive language - True
3. formal, pedantic language - True

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language - False
2. idiosyncratic use of words - True
3. repetitive patterns of speech - Maybe
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings. - Sometimes

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction - Maybe
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours - Don't know
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation - Don't know

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression - Maybe
2. unable to give messages with eyes - Sometimes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze - Maybe
4. does not look at other - True

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy - Maybe
2. clumsy/gauche body language - Maybe
3. limited use of gestures - True
4. does not use hands to express oneself - Maybe
5. comes too close to others - Maybe

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness - Somewhat
2. delayed motor milestones - True

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life - Don't know

H. No cognitive delay - True

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood - True

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias - True
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances - No
3. presence of eating disturbances - Don't know
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression. - Sometimes
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting) - True
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time - True
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work - Don't know

Bold - yes
Italic - Depends

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends (Until I was 18 )
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others ( I can turn this on or off - sometimes I am extremely sensitive to others' feelings)
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life (Meltdowns and Shutdowns count?)

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

I have...
AS

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers -- Unsure
3. inability to interact with peers
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people -- Some

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes -- Unsure
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects -- Occasionally

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals --They are functional to me, so not applicable
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours -- Good description!
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes --Don't know
3. peculiar, stiff gaze -- Don't know
4. does not look at other -- Sometimes

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others -- The opposite

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones -- Mildly

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood -- Not sure

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work -- Don't know

I have...
AS (not diagnosed, but very likely)
classical autism
PDD-NOS (possible)
other

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers (I'm not quite certain means, but if it means what I think, then yes.)
3. inability to interact with peers
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context (to a certain extent)
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour (at times)
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people (definitely)

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends (one close childhood friend.. not so close now)
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers (to a certain extent)
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others (kind-of... I can't explain)
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present (possibly)
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange (a bit)
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation (all three.... though 2 & 3, especially)

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals (sort-of)
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by

1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other (at times)

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones (I couldn't tie my shoes til I was 14....)

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood --I did have issues in this area. Other than not tying my shoes til I was 14, I also couldn't brush my hair til I was 12, & played with toys like Barbies til I was 16.

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work


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Some of the wording in this was incredibly hard to understand, so I may not have gotten it 100% right.

I have...
AS
classical autism
PDD-NOS
other

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers (mildly)
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner (somewhat)
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

I have...
AS (probably)
classical autism
PDD-NOS
other

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

This is going to be a loooong thread... List edited for those things that don't apply to me...
responses in italics...

A. Social interaction -check

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by Check

2. no close friends
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange (huh?..
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include ohh, yes...check...
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

C. Repetitive Behaviour...not so much

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by...mmm...not sure about this
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language - somewhat

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by

2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself (hmm...does this mean there are no [insert nationality] AS?)

F. Motor development (motor milestones??! they're all still on the Via Flaminia...
1. clumsiness

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
3. presence of eating disturbances there are some restaurants I could tell you about...
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

I have...
AS

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

I have...
AS
classical autism
PDD-NOS
other

(Which one it is, is still up in the air, but really I think it's irrelevant because AS and classical autism should in my opinion be the same diagnosis. If you focus on the lack of speech delay, I have AS. If you focus on the highly unusual speech and self-help delays, I have classical autism. I have lately taken to calling myself "autistic" and only specifying which type if asked.)

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work[/quote][b]

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach Yes
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers Sometimes
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour Apparently
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level yes
2. no close friends I only have one close friend
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others Sometimes
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner yes
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others Sometimes

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures Sometimes

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much In some situations
2. talks too little In other situations
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topicsyes
3. repetitive adherence yes
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity yes
6. interference with normal daily activities when I was younger
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms sometimes

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals yes
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning yes
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment yes

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years) yes
2. superficially perfect expressive language yes
3. formal, pedantic language apparently

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings. sometimes

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction apparently
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours yes
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression apparently
2. unable to give messages with eyes yes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze sometimes
4. does not look at other yes

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures yes
4. does not use hands to express oneself sort of
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness yes
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life ?

H. No cognitive delay I don't think there is any delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood I don't know

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias yes, waxworks, spiders, the dark
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances yes
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression. when I was younger
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting) when I was a teenager
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time yes
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work
?


What does this all mean? I'm seeking diagnosis for Aspergers at the moment.

(The characteristics in bold text are the ones that are always present to a significant degree, the ones in italic text are either always there but milder than the bolded ones, or they fluctuate in severity.)

(For most of this, online does not count.)


I have...
AS
classical autism
PDD-NOS
other

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach (What social approach?)
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people (Apart from my mother.)

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends (Somewhat... most of my friends think that our friendships are a lot closer than they actually are.)
3. no interest in making friends (If noone had ever made friends with me, I'd be friendless and happy with it.)
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met (If I approach someone, it's almost always because I think they can provide me with some bit of information that I need.)
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play (It fluctuates.)
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange (Like the previous one, it fluctuates, and most of the time it's subtle, but it is there.)
4. poor flexibility in language expression (Not in written expression, and my spoken-language flexibility has improved greatly throughout my life, but a tendency toward over-formality is still very much there.)
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much (If I get started on one of my favourite topics.)
2. talks too little (This is far more common than the above.)
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics
(So I'm told...)
C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects (If we're counting things like fragments of songs, short passages from books, and small parts of movies as "parts of objects".)
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes (Sometimes I can, with most people I can't.)
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself (The only exception is when I'm talking about a musical instrument: my hands will automatically go into the position for playing that instrument.)
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias (As a child.)
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work