How much is or isn't this applicable to autism?

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Much higher VIQ than PIQ
Poor spatial awareness
Poor sense of direction
Poor hand-eye coordination
Clumsy

I thought those were typical symptoms of dyspraxia.

I have all that, but I also have dyspraxia. When dyspraxia is mixed with autism it can get difficult to tell what's causing what. Or if the dyspraxia is exacerbating the autism or vice versa.

It’s not rare for autism and all sorts of dyspraxia to coexist.

Autism is a neurological disorder.

Hi Firemonkey. When do you get the results of your assessment?

Within the autism spectrum, it simply can be.
And none of those traits matches me at all -- I just happened to be in a different realm (as opposed to 'scales of functioning or severity') of the autism spectrum.
Different realm as in PIQ>VIQ, no motor issues, above average visual-spatial abilities, opposite of NVLD profiles.

I can only tell which is which without any form of learning disabilities or having said weakness growing up muddling it. In my case, such weaknesses can happen out of autism's 'reactions'.

Poor spatial awareness, and poor hand and eye coordination can be overlapped with autism's stimuli intake -- sensitivity-overwhelm/hyposensitivity-inattention that usually causes poor multitasking, processing speed, and/or organization. Poor sense of direction may apply as well, especially with different factors.
Clumsiness can come from different sources other than poor PIQ, even with better PIQ or nonverbal strengths. Lack of activity is one, and the causes of said lack of activity (no one to play with, anxiety over risk, preferences, etc...). It can also happen without the lack of activity and due to subtle and yet constant factors like stress or mind fog.
Either those traits are strong enough to be qualified a comorbid, or the comorbid exists and worsens the overlapping traits -- to know which is which, I do not know.

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This thread demonstrates why you need to have a highly qualified person or clinic do the autism evaluation (and it sounds like you do, firemonkey). Symptoms of autism and symptoms of co-morbids get very complex. Although the battery of tests, interviews and behavioral assessment for autism is not perfect, it has been carefully developed by people with experience in assessment tools.

BeaArthur beat me to it, but the symptoms you list sound like dyspraxia, which is often comorbid with Autism. It can be difficult to unravel which symptoms are caused by which condition, or if they are a product of both conditions.

Obviously, I can't diagnose you over the Internet.

But you seem Aspergian to me.

Dyspraxia (the gross-motor type) is associated with Asperger's (perhaps a little more than it's associated with "classic" autism).

A relatively high Verbal score, and a relatively low Performance score, is associated with both Non-Verbal Learning Disability and Asperger's/High-functioning autism.

I've read that there is an 80% correlation between NVLD and Asperger's Syndrome. Under the ICD-10, Asperger's still exists as a diagnosis.

Have the assessors said that you have probably been misdiagnosed and will correct it. How many incorrect diagnosis might you lose.

There's been no mention of having been misdiagnosed. If my pdoc is right the best fit is ASD + schizophrenia.