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Hello everyone,

After hearing about Asperger's Syndrome a few months ago, I started to question and wonder. I think I may fit some of the traits described as being signs. I do think I'm pretty different from most other people... I don't feel comfortable taking and relying on online diagnosis quizzes because I feel like they're too limited... I was wondering if any of you guys could try to help me find out if I really have Asperger's or not...

No one can be diagnosed over the internet, so a professional is probably your best bet.

This is a very diverse and unique spectrum, so you could maybe or maybe not fit into it. You never know unless you try, though.

Oh, and welcome to Wrong Planet.

Thanks very much for the welcome. I don't think I'd be comfortable with getting a professional diagnosis either, and that's for a different reason... I'm a minor (16), and I don't consider my parents very understanding in the subject of mental "disorders," or mental disorders. (I hope you get what I'm trying to say with my quotation marks!) I know for a fact, 100% sure, that I have OCD, for example, and they don't seem to even understand the concept, and that no, in fact, it's not something that everyone has..... Plus, there's a bit of a language barrier, as I'm among the first generation of American-borns in my family. My parents aren't fluent in English. Not only that, but I don't think that it's important enough for me, just to know for sure whether I truly have it or not, to go through all this trouble, what, with my parents and all, eh. Yes, it's important enough for me that I have a pretty strong-ish to moderate interest, but it's not as if I'm having extreme difficulties in life, so it's not such a giant deal to me that I'd feel it strongly needed for me to go to a professional. I'd just like to get a rough idea- I understand your saying that it's not possible to diagnose someone over the Internet, but is there a way I can get an idea of if it's probable or not that I have Asperger's or some other "ASD"? I'm sorry for being so verbose... I really don't know how to cut down on words without losing perceived intended meanings.

Until you decide whether you want a diagnosis, you can read as much as possible about aspergers on the net, even here on WrongPlanet.

I live in a medium-sized city in India, and I'm sure no professional here would know anything about it. So without going to another city, a diagnosis is not possible. Everything I know about aspergers I've read on the net.