Hi there, I am 26 Female who went in today for an assessment/diagnosis for or against aspergers or autism spectrum. Well I went in fairly certain I was text book Aspie. I even made a 4 page list of each single "issue" i have. At the end of some questioning, the dr told me she would need to know two things before diagnosing me: how old I was when I began speaking in 2-3 word sentences, and how old I was when I was potty trained.
She then told me she was looking at Autism Disorder which she said is a specific diagnosis itself and NOT on the spectrum. How does that work? What does that mean? I wanted to know if it was less or more severe than Aspergers, she said it was more severe. I am shocked, I thought if I were an aspie, I would have a mild/upper mild case.
however, I am not sure, but I believe my potty training and language formation was not delayed, will that then relegate me to Aspergers?
God I just want a check by check list and then a clear cut answer TODAY. Sadly now I have to wait another two weeks.
20 Oct 2010, 4:02 pm
