Is this all in my head?

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Ok i really did not want too go down this road really but what the hell.

i don't think i have aspergers since i think i spoke a bit later as an infant so that would indicate that i probably have Autism. i was at a party last weekend nad this girl approached me and started talking too me and she said too me "Excuse me do you mind if i say this too you" i said "go ahead" the girl then said too me "You have got autism haven't you"? I then said too her "yeah i do". i don't know if my behaviour indicated too her that i had becuase she said too me "i think someone told me you had it"

i saw the movie rain man earlier tonight and i am kinda worried that i might be as badly impaired as him...... it does say on W I K I that rainman has HFA and i think i probably have HFA. on my records it says for me "semantic pragmantic languge disorder" which i think basicallly is the same as High functioning autism.

i will admit at the party i did kinda walk around a bit from group too group because i did not always feel comftable and yeah i can get anxious and a freak out a little around people (not litterally) but inside i can feel quite panicky around large groups of people in social settings.

Do you think its unlikely i am as bad as rainman since my parents brought me my own apartment too live in (have not moved into it yet).....

I did ask too my brother about this how the girl at the party knew and he "Well its obvious" Even though i know i have it when you have people tell you "you have got autism" it does freak you out a bit.

Self-diagnosis requires a second opinion ... from a degreed and licensed medical provider.

Would i really be able too go too the bar/partys and get drunk with my friends if i was as bad as rainman???

Seriously on the inside i just feel like a normal human being and is this not what i am projecting on the outside? Sure i often do like too retreat into my own little world by diving into my hobbies or my imiaginaiton but i am not ret*d and i do know what is going on around me in my enviorment.

Not that it has much signifigance the but the girl who said it too me at the party apparently has been in prision and does drugs......... she kinda ruined the party a bit for me when she said that since i was having quite a good time. but hey since when have things ever gone smoothly for me anyway.

If Rainman was at that party he would walk up to a young lady and ask her "are you on any prescription medication."

Would you do the same?

Rainman was made in the 1980's when not a lot was known about high functioning autism and what is HFA now was very HFA back then. We call it moderately functioning autism now.

Also, Rainman's character was based on many people, some with autism but for the most part based on Kim Peek who didn't have autism at all.

I've got HFA and people can't really tell unless I'm under stress. Even then they just think it's anxiety.

Yeah i wish she didn't say it

Well sometimes people say stuff and all you can do is sort of ignore them and talk to someone else.

Rainman provides a pretty limited basis for comparison. Spectrum is part of autism spectrum disorder because of the wide range of variability in symptom presentation. You can still be somewhere on that spectrum without being "as bad as rainman" and able to go to a party. If you really want to check this out you might need to do a bit more research because personally I've never met an autistic person who is "just like rainman".

Finding out about the lives and characteristics of a few more individuals with autism would give you a clearer idea. Perhaps youtube a couple of autism documentaries and read a few blogs or autobiographical books from your local library to give you a bit more idea if this is something you wish to explore. If not, there's no pressure or anything, but I assume by the fact you joined this site to ask about it you are at least moderately intrigued.

Hey guys so is this what all people with autism behave like then??????????????????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19UciWbLlWc

It depends on how the individual with Autism is affected. My verbal communication skills are not as impaired as the two men in the video. I still have difficulties expressing myself but not in the same ways as the two men in the video.

what kind of communicaiton impairments do those 2 men have then?

To me they seemed moderate. The men were hard to understand.

I have moderate classic autism, and I don't think I act exactly as those two. Everyone with autism is still an individual with their own personality.

Classic autism has quite a wide range. Most people who can be diagnosed with classic autism in childhood will grow up to be adults who can live on their own. The idea that everybody with classic autism is "like rainman" doesn't apply because the reality is just so much more variety than that.

In fact, classic autism and Asperger's can be impossible to tell apart in adulthood. In verbal, independent adults with classic autism, you can't tell it apart at all except by childhood history.

So, yeah, it's entirely likely that your correct diagnosis is probably classic autism rather than Asperger's; but since you've caught up language-wise, it's probably irrelevant as far as treatment goes. The Asperger's diagnosis is just as good, even if technically incorrect; it's just so closely related that it doesn't matter.