Do I Have Asperger's?

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When I was a child, I'd shake toys and make them pivot in the same direction for hours. When on a sidewalk, I'd step over every crack, first with my left, then my right, etc. I had rituals; I'd trace an invisible shape with my left foot and then I'd need to do it with my right foot. I had acute hearing. One day I'd be obsessed with old-school horror monsters, another day I'd be interested in cars, etc. I'd take things very literally.

Those days have passed, without me retaining any of the behaviors listed above. I've been diagnosed with ADHD-PI. On a test, my verbal IQ score was at least 27 points higher than my performance IQ score. I showed evidence of a right hemisphere dysfunction. My neurologist told me that I could have Nonverbal Learning Disorder, Asperger's, or both.

Nowadays, I'm obsessed with words (I read the dictionary and copy down my favorites into several notepads), Old English, Norse mythology, genealogy, and European ethnic groups and languages. I don't have routines of any kind. I'm messy, but I also like putting things in order. Most of the hallmarks associated with Asperger's in me are gone.

So my question to you is: Do I have Asperger's or *only* a Nonverbal Learning Disorder?

No one here can answer that question, since it involves diagnostic skills that none of us possess. So if you want an expert opinion, then seek the opinion of an expert.

inb4thoseexpertssaythatyouwouldhaveabetterideathantheydosinceyouaretheoneswiththecondition

Experts just keep telling me that I would know more about my condition than they would since I have said condition.

@Ban-Dodger Yes, that's also an issue.

In my opinion i find you could have OCD but im not a doctor

hows your social life? do you find it easy to keep and make friendships? can you look at a persons face during conversation? can you tell what a person is feeling by looking at their face and body language?

I do have problems socializing and avoid trying to make new friends. Body language isn't too much of an issue for me, but I do have trouble determining whether people are getting bored of what I'm talking about, which was on an "Asperger's quiz."

Really feeling like we should have bot set up in order to reply to these types of posts so Fnord doesn't have to.

I don't have to, I want to; although I am compelled by reason to do so.

We're not experts on ASDs, yet people seem to keep setting up accounts specifically to ask us if they have an ASD. They should be asking appropriately-trained professionals instead. I'm just pointing out what should be obvious.

But if you have a Fnordbot, I'd like to see some pictures of it.

Sadly, I lack the knowledge required to create such a thing but I'd be willing to ask my uncle(works at IBM as a programmer) to help me out if he can find the time to do so.

this brief test which uses the criteria docs use may give you some insight and help you decide if you want to pursue a diagnosis:

www.iautistic.com/test_AS.php

I think, that this particular test can only be done by an observer, because many of the questionsneed an objective eye.
I´d suggest the AQ test instead to give a hint. It´s only questions about preferences, which most people can answer quite easily.

Someone should definitely make a FnordBot ! That would be awesome !
Already have Social-Robots in Japan like Pepper...

...perhaps for now we can just jokingly send everybody to get their answers from Clever-Bot ?
I decided to put « Do I Have Asperger's? » into the Clever-Bot inter-face and its response was: « No. »

I wanted a more detailed first answer but then again I've noticed that Clever-Bot tends to answer Yes/No questions with some kind of random Yes/No algorithm most of the time... that bot is also multi-lingual.

Me: « Est-ce que j'ai le Syndrome d'Asperger ? »
Clever-Bot: « How short do I need to cut my hair? »
Moi/Me: « Je ne veux pas de réponse en anglais ! »
Clever-Bot: « Moi non plus!! ! »
Я/Me: « На хорошо. Этом раз начинаюм по-русский говорить ? »
Clever-Bot: « Ты знаешь, что такое Криппипаста? »

Sometimes it doesn't pick up on the change-of-language on the first sentence but can usually adapt by the second.

Personally, I am OK with people setting up accounts to ask this question. Likewise, I think you are providing a service by pointing out what should be obvious.

To the OP, if you are really curious about this, I suggest you read as much as you can on the topic. I suggest you start off with Tony Attwood’s book (“The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome”). Good luck.