Asperger Syndrome: Now available in 6 flavours!

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1) I'm thoroughly annoyed by descriptions that only describe how boys of these subtype behave. Girls with AS behave differently in many cases, and the under reporting/undereducating about these difference is a huge part as o why girls and woman with AS go un dx'd or have to deal with a ton of biased BS to get dx'd or recognized as having AS.

2) The descriptions provided demonstrate more not how AS has subtypes but how AS has become an umbrella dx for a myriad of childhood developmental disorders. For example, the description for "Emotion Boy" sounds more like an emotional/develomental disorder called reactive attachment disorder which is not a neurological condition, as AS is, but an induced psychological developmental problem as the result of improper socialization in infant years. The problem is RAD is controversial (as AS once was - just wait, though, and before long, RAD will be the new AS). Most psychologists who accept RAD as an dx want to limit it to children who had been severly mistreated or neglected (like abandoned babies, feral children), but in truth it can apply to a lot more children than those rare, extreme cases. Unfortuantely, doctors are scared to tell parents, especially mothers, "You screwed up your kid" so they have to come up with something that makes the parents feel less guilty and avoid lawsuits.

3) I'm definitely the "logic" type dominantly. Basically, Hans Asperger's decription of an AS kid, that's me - a female version of it, at least. I don't know what "resistant" type would be like, but I may be a bit like that. I can be terribly uncooperative, but not unreasonably so - just when things don't add up to me. Also maybe a bit fantasy. I need to escape from reality often.

What they’re calling “OCD” sounds wrong, or else I don’t understand what it is. I get comfort/sometimes need to…I guess you could call them rituals of sorts. Get worse the more stress I’m under.

I fit in the “logic” one real well. I think I tick my boss off at work because I need to know WHY something is being done-I have to understand the reasoning, and attempt to find a better solution if possible. I have difficulty blindly following something that makes no sense to me, which is bad for fitting in at work…

I also have some of the other traits, have OCD (unless I don’t understand what it is), fit in the “rule” category somewhat, anxiety category sometimes (and the thing about needing to know all the rules for a situation), etc.

Anxiety, Logic, and Fantasy for me- in that order.

For my 9 y/o AS daughter, it's probably Fantasy, Logic, OCD.

Anxiety, OCD with a touch of ADHD, and negative.

Probably OCD as I really am 'somewhere else' - that best describes me, followed maybe by ADHD and a dash of most of the others. Id say it changes a lot throughout life and in different situations.

I had more fun recognising certain other posters on there!

There look to be some very good parental strategies in the article. My inner 'responsible adult' read through them with interest and gained some new insights for dealing with the errant inner-children. Unfortunately they say i have to turn off the PC now.

I have the book, Parenting Your Asperger Child. The only reason I bought it was because I came across the website a while back.

Reading through it made me wish that there was an Asperger's diagnosis back in the 1960s. That is when I was misdiagnosed with childhood schizophrenia. Oh, well.

It is useful to read the material on the website (or to get the book). The poll question only included the larger categories. There is, for instance, also an OCD subcategory under "anxiety boy" (which is where I would presumably fit).

Cheers,

Mark

Please lighten up on the Bold it hurts my eyeballs when I'm reading thru this. (however I myself am guilty of using to many CAPS )

For me it would be Logic and ADD, with Fantasy thrown in.

I'm a pretty solid combination of Logic and Emotional/OCD types.

Predominately OCD
Although he appears inattentive, in reality, he has other issues that he is dealing with instead. For example, are his shoelaces tied the way he likes them? Is everything around him exactly where it belongs? How many dots are in that ceiling tile over his head? Did he ask the question that he wanted to in the right way? And so on. The list can be endless. But no matter what is on his list, it usually takes precedence over anything that is on your list. He is often a perfectionist, and everything has to go a certain way. If it doesn't, it's the end of the world. There is no middle ground; everything is black or white. It is either perfect or it is terrible.

Logic
This child or teen needs to know the reasons for the rules before he is okay. Blindly accepting your rules is not the way he operates. He wants to know the reasons behind your actions, why something is done a certain way, and it has to make sense to him. If it seems too arbitrary, it's not an adequate reason in his mind, and he won't listen. His coping strategy is to try to make sense of the world through logic, reasoning, and rational thought. He wants the world to be a place with order and rationality to it. This reduces his anxiety. He may ask lots of questions about how the world works. He uses his very well-developed logical mind to understand what is going on, and you need to give him the reasoning behind a decision or an action.
He is often a very bright boy with a high IQ. He usually becomes more flexible when he knows the reason for something. The rule alone is not sufficient. After you have explained the reason for your request, many behavioral issues decrease. However, he may not accept your logic unless it is quite convincing, because he may very well have his own reasons and explanations. His view of the world is based on logic and reasons, which can also cause him to become overanalytical. In this case, he often cannot function appropriately because he never gets past the analysis stage to the action stage. He suffers from "analysis paralysis." Remember, not every Logic Boy has all of these characteristics.

Logic, when interacting with the people I talk to.
Fantasy, whenever I'm not interacting with someone. I don't concentrate on fantasy that other people have created though, I'm just one hell of a daydreamer.
And OCD. To the max.
I guess I can be Emotional, since I'm prone to meltdowns and get angry easily. Not to the point of harming others though, and definitely not like ODD.

So let's just say Cabbage.

And why were they all boys?

probably logic and resistant. when i have a test or presention to give in school i'm paranoid. at night i'm pretty OCD, i don't really know why i'm so OCD at night. i could take a few guesses as to why, though...

i'm saying cabbage...steamed cabbage.

I think that I'm the fantasy type. I live in my own little world, and that's what makes me creative.