Are there different kinds of Aspergers?

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Are they different kinds of Aspergers in children, teenagers & adults? Can someone help me?

Yes. There are. I know at least 2 classifications of types.

http://www.awares.org/static_docs/about ... cSection=3
^Aloof, Passive, Active but odd, Stilted.
(me: active but odd)

http://www.familyeducation.com/school-a ... s-subtypes
^The Emotion Boy, The Logic Boy, The Rule Boy.
(me: Logic... girl )

I feel there is. I feel that some Aspies, such as myself, are born to be socially-orientated, but are still socially awkward throughout their lives, mostly caused by odd behaviour, clinginess, mood swings and social anxiety.

Tony Attwood describes people with Asperger's, in essence, as being socially "awkward," rather than socially "aloof."

I can be socially awkward, I can be very socially awkward with my family, don't know why, they maybe be my family, but they are still people.

I would make own classification of Aspies. For example, I consider people with "social NVLDs", social communication disorders and other conditions which are characterised by social inadequacy and peculiarity which start in childhood, but are not on the autistic spectrum, Aspies or even autistic. Not every realticely mild pervasive developmental disability has to belong to "the spectrum".

PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified) was considered fully on the Autism Spectrum according to the DSM-IV.

For me someone with "just" NVLD with social problems and without AS, PDD-NOS is still an Aspie. The same with individuals with social communication disorder from DSM-V - for me they are Aspies also.

Social "NVLD" can look as a separate sort of autism for me. In it there would be rather no idiosyncratic sensory processing or well-developed picture thinking, which tend to be common in "classical" autism spectrum.

no but aspergers is an autism spectrum disorder, s you're thinking isn't too far off. there's different asd

Aspergers as a single condition may not exist, there may be more variation within people with aspergers from different causes and symptoms. I prefer the phrase autistic until its all figured out. As far as I am concerned, aspergers is a identity term worn as a badge.

People call themselves "Jewish" as a descriptor of thier religion or as a identity pride as an ethnic group and other reasons. With "aspie" it is no different you have people that use it to describe thier symptoms or triats, others use it as a group identity. Some that identify as "Jew" or "Aspie" go no further other take pride in the identity while others go beyond that to feel superior to other groups.

People that describe themselves as Jewish are a spectrum also from people who follow every rule to those that are totally secular. Like aspergers some Orthodox Jews do not believe those less orthodox then them are not really Jews and fake Jews.

It is possible Autism as a condition does not exist. While in my view Autism is a seperate condition and Aspergers is a sub catagory of autism and not a totally different condition until there is a lot more evidence we can not be sure.

In a way, it is like disabled veterans--you know they have issues, but unless you study the individual in question--you don't know exactly what their problem is--someone who has PTSD from being a sniper and killing dozens of people is a lot different from someone that got blown up from a bomb.

For me childhood autism (Kanner's syndrome) is not only sort of autism which can be present in someone. I would name myself as autistic, but not on "kanneric" spectrum.

Based on my personal observation, I find "autism"--especially as defined by Leo Kanner, as being a definite condition with characteristic signs.

Asperger's, to me, is "autism"--there are usually some "Kannerian" signs in Aspergians, especially when the person is younger.

Asperger's, perhaps, can be seen as being a separate "species" of the genus known as "autism."