Aspergers and language delay?

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I am a 'self-diagnosed' Aspie but I'm having doubts on whether I have asperger's. I meet the criteria in order to be considered as someone with Aspegers but I had a delay in language development and didn't start speaking single words until I was four years old.

I looked at the DSM-IV and I have all the characteristics listed under the section for qualitative impairment in social interaction and have one (B)
characteristic under the section for restricted repetitive & stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests and activities.

I have also looked at avoidant personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder and social anxiety and after researching them have come to the conclusion that I have none of those disorders but I strongly think I am on the autism spectrum.

However, I should point out that I have asked a lot of my family and friends who know a lot about psychology and none of them think I am on the autism spectrum.

What do you think?

Edit: I'm just asking for anyone's opinion on whether or not they think if someone can have Asperger's and also have a delay in language development.

Better to have a trained psychologist answer this one for you, as opposed to a bunch of random people off the interwebs .

If you had a speech delay, you'd be diagnosed with Autism.

That was the major reason that Asperger's and Autism are being put into the same catch-phrase. There was not enough evidence that speech-delay Autism differed from speech-normal Aspergers.

I had a speech delay and I still got diagnosed with Asperger's. The reason for it is because I had hearing loss in my toddler years so I didn't really get to learn language and I needed speech therapy so I can learn to speak and form the words. I couldn't just learn to speak on my own because my brain was beyond that development so I needed help.

So yes aspies can have a speech delay.

With a language delay, you cannot technically be diagnosed with Aspergers (though there probably are some people out there with such a diagnosis). If you are on the spectrum, the proper diagnosis would be Autism/Autistic Disorder, or--if you do not have all the symptoms for that but are definitely on the spectrum--PDD-NOS.

Gillberg's Criteria for Asperger's allows it

If you're displaying symptoms of Asperger's as a teenager or adult, even if you had a speech delay as a toddler; they can diagnose you with Asperger's based on your current picture (this is likely)

Pedantically, without any other symptoms of Autistic Disorder as a child, you'll get PDD-NOS if it's Asperger's with a delay in speech (DSM-IV-TR)

Depends on the institution. They'll rarely give you Autistic Disorder if you present as Asperger's as an adult.

I had a language delay and I got Diagnosed with both Aspergers and autism! I guess Im an http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=aspinaut