How High-Functioning are you?

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I'm married, work from home and have children and friendships, but I'm not sure whether it's because I'm "high-functioning" so much as that it's been a race since I was tiny to "be normal and do the normal things."

I have always been terrified outside of a relationship because I realize without A LOT of hard work on my part, doing the NT dance and trying to "be" that "catch" somehow, I wouldn't have another and then I'd just be...abnormal. (Oh noes....everybody run...)

It's ironic because I'm abnormal anyway.

Not to offend anybody. I kind of joke around a little about being and feeling different, because joking around makes it better at times. I'm not calling the whole ASD world abnormal or anything.

I voted for the second one. I have a steady job, am getting along fine with the work and the people, and I have friends outside of work (not many, but a few), and I haven't got a partner at the moment but I don't want one at the moment, all the men who fancy me are boring and not my type so I'm still looking, although I enjoy harmless flirting. I can appear normal, although I can be shy and go slightly mute in some social situations because I fear the spotlight being on me. That doesn't give away AS though, it just appears as general shyness to other people.

Mine's mixed. I'm fair, except relationships which are below average.

somewhere between averagere and fairly i have a job that i got through a program and i have a job coach that comes in every other week. ive never had a relationship. i have some friends but i dont regularly see them though some i see through a supervised social group for special needs once a week (though havent seen in a while because of hurricane sandy )
i dont drive, i can take some public transportation some places but others i use paratransit i need help to go to work to take the paratransit bus because the paratransit bus doesnt go to my house due to county lines

In my opinion I do very well. Not in relation to the parameters used by other posters or in this questionnaire, but in relation to my own perspective.

Something between FAIRLY and AVERAGE.

I cannot choose any alternative provided in the poll, since I do not fit any of them. Here is a description of my situation:

- I have a good job. After 40 days in it, I got a raise. Now, I have been told that I will be promoted in the beginning of the next years (probably in January);
- I was easily the best pupil in my class. Except in high school, because f**k high school ;
- I have friends, but it is very complicated. Supposedly, they think I am an interesting person and a good friend, despite my weirdness. However, I have strong suspicions that they do not really see me as an equal; it is as if I was never part of the group. Also, I never really fit in; while I like to talk with them on Facebook sometimes, I quickly get tired of it. And I suspect they are distancing themselves from me lately, which is something I am not sure if I want or not. It is worth mentioning that I spent most of my childhood and adolescence without any close friends (I even went through a few years without having anybody at all to speak to) and I kind of got used to it;
- I never had any relationship. I am a virgin, I never kissed and I only had feelings (or not; I am not sure of what the hell happened back then) for one girl in my entire life. After a few months, I realized that it would never go anywhere and I began to lost my interest in women. Currently, I am not interested in pursuing a relationship.

I am very high-functioning, can take care of self and live independently but currently with parents, applying to grad school to study neuroscience and autism, have very part-time job at autism nonprofit, no anxieties to prevent me from pursuing things. However, I am a social dunce, have almost no social desires, no interest in socializing for socializing, major stimmer, lots of sensory issues, scarily rigid sometimes. But in my view, very high-functioning.

I am high fuctioning but not lots. I have no job. can not drive. need suprot for daily tasks. but I have friends.

Actually, I have no idea.

Shrink #1 told me I was "high-functioning," but he was referring to my level of self-awareness, not necessarily my abilities. He also implied that, judging by my symptoms, there are things I'm currently doing that I probably shouldn't be doing, which is why I'm always burning-out.

At the moment, I can work, pay my bills, and drive, but, then again, the military is also providing accommodations for my impairments.

It's anyone's guess what's going to happen when I return to the civilian world in June. I see a cardboard box under an overpass in my future.

according to the poll...not at all
but according to psychologists i dont have hfa i have aspergers so i must be pretty hf. Most people dont even know i have AS either. I can drive although i get anxious at certain things and suck at reversing into a parking space pr even parking normally, i take great care of my dog, i graduated college with a 3.7 gpa. I work out as well.

I will never live on my own imo and doubt ill ever hold a job unfortunately. I also struggle with preparing a healthy diet or taking showers/brushing my teeth LOL....and of course laundry ugh. i can do them but i procrastinate and when i do them i do them well..(30 min showers cleaning multiple times..brushing my teeth at eery angle using the best laundry detergents). Im a combination of a germaphobe and a dirty pig as well.

I am unable to work, have no friends and no relationships and I am Asexual.

<-------- on the borderline of Low Functioning and moderate to severe autism. and have a IQ of 68.

But I live on my own. I do have help going shopping and all that stuff.
I do know food, meds and paying the rent comes 1st.

I get the feeling, unless you find yourself a really good Ph.d Neuropsychologist or a local Neuropsychology Group who offers child and adult testing services, You'll be stuck with an average psychiatrist or mental heath specialst who dont have the capability to perform thorough comprehensive testing for an accurate DX. Yes, it will cost a bit more, but I would rather have an accurate assessment the first time.

I don't fit any of the poll options

Good job. No friends

Hmm, no poll option for my situation.

I work, have no friends, have a committed, long-term relationship. I'm extremely dependent on my parents and husband, routines, interests.

Could you put a poll option for work and no friends? I have a hard time maintaining online contacts as well