Just got tested again...

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AND NO DIAGNOSIS! Hell yeah! I know this is a really short post, but YYYEEESSS!

So does that mean you don't have Asperger's? Or would being told you are NT be a diagnoses?

Well if you don't need a diagnosis and you aren't diagnosed with any disorder (though as a kid you were diagnosed with AS, I suppose) then that means you're doing well, functioning in society, well enough adjusted and mentally/developmentally healthy. That's very good news. Congratulations.

Well, judging from your posts on WP, you just got good at hiding your Asperger's. The idea of an assessment is of course not to see how well you can hide your symptoms. You still seem to have symptoms and if you were honest about them you'd get a diagnosis. Managing not to get a diagnosis is not an achievement and it does not mean that you're not autistic anymore. Sorry.

She is only 12 years old. She may not be aware that she has gotten good at hiding her traits. Shen might not even realize that she is doing that. It took me a long time to understand that that is what I was doing. I did not consciously know that I was hiding mine at 12. I was just doing whatever I needed to do to manage and so I had no idea that I was actually not being honest with who I really was. When I got older I was able to understand that.

Are you sure this is the same person? Diagnosed's profile says "male" ...?

Yes, she or he is definitely the same person. I know so from another thread she started. Sometimes the profile system on the forum will default to "male." Other women members have commented on that. But I think I saw somewhere on her other thread that she is a girl. I will check again. And Diagnosed, please correct me if I am wrong. But even if I got the gender wrong it's a 12 year old child.