Dsm 5 severity levels

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Not sure, will have to look at it again.....but I think somewhere around moderate functioning...I am not exactly low functioning or high functioning, just took a long time for anyone to realize that maybe I had autism. But yeah I have acedemic skills but I still have a hard time with math and other subjects and taking P.E class in the past I had a couple incidents of stil continuing to play the game once it was over, like I didn't relize everyone was lining up to change out of gym clothes and was late or just missed all kinds of crap. Uhh I just wish people had some undrstandnding for difficulties.

My opinion on the system, Really, the old DSM 4 had severity levels as well, it just used different names instead of numbers 1, 2 and 3. My opinion almost one year later is they just should have refined the old system rather then scrapping it and starting over since I think most people diagnosed with Asperger's would score in the level 1 and 2 areas with those with classic autism scouring 3 in most things however I find the wording very confusing and blending in the current 3 level system. The old way of Asperger's for mid-high functioning and Classical autism for those who could not talk or do much of anything independently was easy to understand for me. I haven't been revaluated however I think I would score between 1-2 on everything.

While I was diagnosed as ASD under the DSM 5 I was not given a level. I was diagnosed as "Moderately severe Aspergers under the DSM IV

My guess is that my level would vary by trait. My sensory-sensitivity disadvantage is a lot less "severe" then my executive function and and repetitive routines disabilities.

The 3 levels of disability is a over 100 year old idea in psychology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot

Buses could be pretty awkward, especially on older models that make a huge racket while moving, or routes with a lot of people, and invariably getting crowded by people and such. I didn't have much in the way of other options, and when I read I can shut out the outside world. And I do seem to have an easier time with buses (or at least used to) than many here.

Libraries were much better, though. Or quiet restaurants. Some places I could go and read for hours.

That's cool . It seems like we have a lot in common.I my k-8 schooling I would always be reading in class and have a meltdown when they took my books away at times they would think I fell asleep or had a sizure or something ( well I was diagnosed with a seizure disorder at 2 hmm ...nah ) I would get so into my world of reading nothing could break me out of it.Now I find it harder to zone out the world while reading and I don't read as often as I want maybe I I start to read as much as I use to it will come back.

I remember one big meltdown I had in the 9th grade. There was this mandatory 10 minute break, and the teacher has us all sit in a dark room and rest, so I start reading a book I had with me because I'd rather do that than rest my eyes or whatever was going on. So the teacher takes my book away, and I don't remember what happened, but apparently it was a pretty big thing and I ended up home from school early that day.

Prior to that I'd actually had a good relationship with said teacher, but no one takes my books.

I also had times when my legal father would take my books to punish me, and I'd totally fall apart because NOT MY BOOKS.

And yeah, nowadays I don't read so much. Mostly I read ebooks and I don't find those as easy to focus on as paper books, so I get less reading done in general.

Oh yes the good old days on the rare times I wasn't bullied. In school during recess I would sit away in some quiet area outside . Or on top of the hill near the playground.

I would be told to stay away from there because they weren't supposed to be there same for this other area beyond the hill which was like a little forest and I would like to go there too because i thought I would be less likely to be bullied.


Yeah It was really fun just to sit in a quiet area and read.

In high school I could take my lunch to the football bleachers and eat and read there away from everyone else. I also spent a lot of time in the library (added bonus: More books). After failing 11th grade and repeating it, I spent much of my 12th year (second 11th year) going to a bookstore more often than going to class. I was out of cope with school because I was being bullied by other students as well as my counselor (who decided to take a hard line with me because my grades were never all that good).

At the time I was obsessed with military history, so I'd avoid my American history class to read American history books at the bookstore instead.

For practical purposes, I'm somewhere between level 1 and 2, with some level-3 traits. I don't want to be stereotyped by a functioning label, even if it's a more precisely defined number. Some of my skills are even as good as a neurotypical's, and in areas unrelated to autism I have some real gifts. Notably, I'm academically talented, and my autism has made it very hard for me to get an education even though I am very good at learning. They don't expect people who are significantly autistic to want college degrees, much less doctoral degrees. In reality, yes, we do, and we are sick of most universities being so hostile to autistics that they might as well be totally inaccessible. My current school is literally famous for being disability-accessible, and they provide just barely enough help to keep me alive.

Sorry about the rant, I think I'm discouraged today. I'm going to go have coffee and try to stop being upset now.

im diagnosed 1 but the doctor said i lean towards two, to be honest im not sure if its better then the old spectrum but eh