Which AS characteristics do you fit? (for whole spectrum)

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I tried to fuse the criteria of the DSM, ICD and of Gillberg's and Szatmari's. A first try. I'm open to pointers on things I have forgotten or added multiple times.

If you have AS, this list is a collection of traits you could have.

Which traits do you have?

Let's compare. See different versions of the spectrum.

Edit: A suggestion. Highlight and bold lines that fit like this:

I have...
AS
classical autism
PDD-NOS
other

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

Last edited by Sora on 30 Jan 2009, 3:40 pm, edited 2 times in total.

I have...
AS


A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach yes
2. one-sided responses to peers sometimes
3. inability to interact with peerssometimes
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context sometimes
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behavioursometimes
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other peoplesometimes

("Sometimes", occasionally means "often"..but not always...

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
levelI guess so...but most of my peers are non-NT ..so I don't know what that would mean...
2. no close friendsfew...but many acquaintances
3. no interest in making friends sometimes
4. avoids otherssometimes
5. lack of desire to interact with peerssometimes
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of otherssometimes
9. difficulty sensing feelings of otherssometimes

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are presentsometimes
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative playmaybe
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchangesometimes
4. poor flexibility in language expressionsometimes
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processesNo
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overturessometimes

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversationme

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics yes

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities yes
2. restricted interest towards other topicsafraid so
3. repetitive adherence not sure what that means
4. more rote than meaning sometimes
5. pursued with an abnormal intensitysometimes
6. interference with normal daily activities yes
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetablesno

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects sorta of
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects would keys count?

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals not really
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning no
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment yes

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years) am pretty sure
2. superficially perfect expressive language sometimes
3. formal, pedantic language sometimes

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language no
2. idiosyncratic use of words maybe
3. repetitive patterns of speechmaybe
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings. yes

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction I think so
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviourspossibly
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation I have a kind of expressive voice now, but it used to be flatter

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression maybe
2. unable to give messages with eyes yes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze not sure
4. does not look at otheryes

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsyno
2. clumsy/gauche body language no
3. limited use of gesturesno
4. does not use hands to express oneselfno
5. comes too close to others not often

F. Motor development
1. clumsinessyes
2. delayed motor milestones yes

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult lifehas happened

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhoodI had delays with dressing myself, hygiene and a few other things

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias yes..more so when younger
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbancesyes
3. presence of eating disturbances more so when younger
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression. at times..more when younger
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting) at times..more when younger
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure timesometimes
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work[/quote]not sure what that means but possibly so...actually yes..

Last edited by poopylungstuffing on 30 Jan 2009, 4:29 pm, edited 2 times in total.

I have...
AS

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach yep
2. one-sided responses to peers think so
3. inability to interact with peers depends who they are usually no
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context dont know what it means
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour it has been known
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people sometimes

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level I wouldnt say "failure" but its not easy
2. no close friends quite the opposite
3. no interest in making friends im interested just not a pro at it
4. avoids others sometimes
5. lack of desire to interact with peers sometimes
6. a loner yes
7. approaches others only to have own needs met it has been known
8. detached from feelings of others yeah at times
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others [/b]subtle stuff yes

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present yeah sometimes
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play [b]not really i loved playing "house"
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange whatever that means
4. poor flexibility in language expression at times
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes not sure
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures yep sometimes

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much definatly
2. talks too little yep
3. lack of cohesion to conversation ?

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics nah but i do talk veeery fast

C. Repetitive Behaviour depends

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities well im not a multitasker so yeah sort of
2. restricted interest towards other topics sometimes
3. repetitive adherence dunno
4. more rote than meaning ?
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity it has been known
6. interference with normal daily activities not really
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables hmmm not sure

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects yep
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel) at times
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects occasionaly

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms subtle ones when alone

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals not really
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning on occasions
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment no im quite spontanious actually

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years) yes
2. superficially perfect expressive language dunno
3. formal, pedantic language no but I am pedantic

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language not really
2. idiosyncratic use of words yeah i think
3. repetitive patterns of speech at times
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings. yes

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction not sure
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours whatever that means
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation ?

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression not sure
2. unable to give messages with eyes maybe
3. peculiar, stiff gaze sometimes
4. does not look at other yes

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy yes I'm like a bull in a china shop
2. clumsy/gauche body language sometimes
3. limited use of gestures not sure
4. does not use hands to express oneself quite the opposite
5. comes too close to others no usually too far away

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness definatly
2. delayed motor milestones walked a few months late

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life i have tempers at home but not in public

H. No cognitive delay dunno what that means

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood true

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias yes!
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances sometimes
3. presence of eating disturbances nah i eat anything
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression. yes but only at home not in public sinse I was 12
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting) yeah but not major stuff
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time not sure
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work at times

I have...
AS
classical autism (as a kid i did)
PDD (as a kid)
high functning autism



A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. maybe
2. maybe
3. yes
4. yes
5. yes
6. yes

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. yes
2. yes
3. yes
4. yes
5. yes
6. yes
7. yes
8. yes
9. yes

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. maybe
2. no
3. yes
4. yes
5. no
6. yes

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. yes
2. no
3. yes

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. yes

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. yes
2. yes
3. yes
4. no
5. yes
6. yes
7. no

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. no
2. yes
3. yes

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. yes

C4. Routines characterised by
1. yes
2. yes
3. yes

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no
2. yes
3. yes

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. yes
2. yes
3. yes
4. yes

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. yes
2. yes
3. ?

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. yes
2. yes
3. yes
4. yes

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. yes
2. yes
3. no
4. no
5. no

F. Motor development
1. yes
2. yes

G. ?

H. no

I. no

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. yes
2. yes
3. yes
4. yes
5. yes
6. no
7. no

I either have these presentations today or have a history of them overcome with significant effort...

I have...
AS

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers not too bad anymore
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends I have very few close friends
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms always stimming up a storm

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning not so much anymore
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours severe delay in recognising what emotions I am feeling, makes "real-time" exchange of feelings pretty much impossible
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes worse still, I give a totally wrong message
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other not so much anymore

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures kind of swung the other way now
4. does not use hands to express oneself used to not use them, do now
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness poor sense of where I am within a space, always bumping into things, always dropping things
2. delayed motor milestones tying shoes, legible handwriting delayed

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias more of a persistent anxiety day and night, pervasive even in dreams; no specific phobia
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances every night is an adventure...
3. presence of eating disturbances distinct preference for simple tastes and a preference to eat a limited repertoire of things
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression. as a small child, only in stressful situations
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

I get by, with a little help from my friends...

Last edited by melissa17b on 30 Jan 2009, 4:18 pm, edited 2 times in total.

I have...
AS
classical autism
PDD-NOS
other

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

I have...
AS
classical autism
PDD-NOS
other

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much I ahd this problem for the longest time. now I mostly have the below problem.
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years) I learned to talk when i was only a few months old.
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones I had trouble catching a ball. (I would clap as to catch it after it had already come) and trouble keeping my balace. i had to practice on the curb.

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

I have...
AS
classical autism
PDD-NOS
other

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers (more so in the past)
3. inability to interact with peers (more so in the past)
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context (more so in the past)
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour (more so in the past)
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends
3. no interest in making friends (sometimes)
4. avoids others (sometimes)
5. lack of desire to interact with peers (sometimes)
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met (more so in the past)
8. detached from feelings of others (more so in the past)
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much (only as a child)
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities (more so in the past)
2. restricted interest towards other topics (more so in the past)
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals (only as a child)
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment.

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language (to some I suppose, though I don't see it that way)

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words (only as a child)
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings. (only as a child)

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction ???
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours ???
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by

1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other (more so in the past)

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness (I'm relatively sure footed but I don't do well in sports)
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

Last edited by marshall on 31 Jan 2009, 3:35 am, edited 10 times in total.

Bold equates to a clinical level:

I have high-functioning autism

= I don't get the question

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach Not really
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers No
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context Yes
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour Sometimes
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people No

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends I have friends but am not exceptionally close with them
3. no interest in making friends No
4. avoids others Sometimes, but by choice, not anxiety
5. lack of desire to interact with peers No
6. a loner No
7. approaches others only to have own needs met No
8. detached from feelings of others No
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others Yes

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by I don't understand these
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much About my interests, yes
2. talks too little Sometimes
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics Monotone voice, yes

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities Yes
2. restricted interest towards other topics Yes
3. repetitive adherence Very much so
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity Very much so
6. interference with normal daily activities Very much so
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables Very much so

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects Yes
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel) Yes
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects Yes

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms Yes

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals Yes
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning Yes
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment Yes

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years) No, I didn't say real words until I was 4 and couldn't put sentences together for a while after that
2. superficially perfect expressive language Yes
3. formal, pedantic language Yes

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language Yes
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech Yes
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings. Sometimes

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction Yes
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours Yes
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression No
2. unable to give messages with eyes Yes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze Sometimes
4. does not look at other Yes

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy Yes
2. clumsy/gauche body language Yes
3. limited use of gestures Yes
4. does not use hands to express oneself No
5. comes too close to others No

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness Kind of
2. delayed motor milestones Yes

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life No

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood Yes, I still lack of a lot of self-help skills

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias A few
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances Kind of
3. presence of eating disturbances Not "disturbances" but I stick to a repetitive diet
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression. No
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting) No
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time Yes
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

May I add a few that I have, just for my post?

Savant abilities with numbers
Obsession with recording things / writing them down
Obsessive organizer with my stuff
Sensory overload problems
Cannot wear heavy clothing, even in the winter
Almost certain family history of high-functioning autism

And more (I'll probably edit this post later)

I had a Lot more when I was little.

I have...
Soon to be evaluated, presumably AS

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

I'm using too

I have...
AS

A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach yes
2. one-sided responses to peers sometimes
3. inability to interact with peers sometimes
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour more so when I was younger
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people sometimes

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level yes
2. no close friends at this moment..yes
3. no interest in making friends no
4. avoids others at times
5. lack of desire to interact with peers no
6. a loner yes
7. approaches others only to have own needs met sometimes
8. detached from feelings of others yes
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others sometimes

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present sometimes
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play no
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange yes
4. poor flexibility in language expression yes
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes no
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures yes

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little yes
3. lack of cohesion to conversation yes

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics yes

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities yes
2. restricted interest towards other topics yes
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning sometimes
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities yes
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables no

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel) yes
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects yes

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms yes

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals yes
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning no
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment yes

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)yes
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic languageyes

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings. yes

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction yes
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours yes
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation yes

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression yes
2. unable to give messages with eyes yes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze yes
4. does not look at other sometimes

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures yes
4. does not use hands to express oneself yes
5. comes too close to others yes

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness yes
2. delayed motor milestones yes

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood no, I was way behind. i still have trouble cleaning my own house.

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias yes, but more so when I was younger
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances yes
3. presence of eating disturbances yes, but more so when I was younger. I had to be prompted to eat.
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression. sometimes when I was younger.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting) I used to chew on my fingers and bang my head
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time yes
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work I'm not sure

Im undiagnosed. Ive left some sections unanswered.


A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach -- I dont really have a social approach...
2. one-sided responses to peers -- one sided being mostly 'their' side if that counts
3. inability to interact with peers -- unless its led by them and not left up to me
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context -- (huh?)
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour -- So im told...
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people -- Il usually only tell them about stuff like that if they ask...

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends -- one right now...two who used to be a year and a half ago.
3. no interest in making friends
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers -- Kinda, the social interaction side of things is fulfilled by being in church, even if I dont interact much there.
6. a loner -- yup...
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others -- kinda...
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others -- Some times more than others...

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present -- kinda...
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange -- Constant interruptions and long pauses etc if thats it...
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures -- (cant really answer this one?)

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little -- Yeah, I often had people ask in school "Do you talk?". I remember answering no once but they didnt get it...
3. lack of cohesion to conversation -- (can happen)

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics -- yup

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities -- yup
2. restricted interest towards other topics -- yup
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity -- yup
6. interference with normal daily activities -- yup
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language -- yup

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings. -- I think I have that tendency...

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction -- yup
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours -- yup
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression -- slightly?
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze -- (maybe?)
4. does not look at other -- yup

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language -- kinda...
3. limited use of gestures -- yup
4. does not use hands to express oneself -- Apart from playing music, yup...
5. comes too close to others

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work

I'm pretty sure I have...
AS


A. Social interaction

A1. A lack of socio-emotional reciprocity as characterised by
1. a clumsy social approach
2. one-sided responses to peers
3. inability to interact with peers
4. a lack of modulation of behaviour according to social context
5. socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour
6. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or
achievements with other people

A2. Peer relationships characterised by
1. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
2. no close friends (FEW, mostly acquaintences)
3. no interest in making friends (No pursuit)
4. avoids others
5. lack of desire to interact with peers
6. a loner
7. approaches others only to have own needs met
8. detached from feelings of others
9. difficulty sensing feelings of others

B. Communication (language in D. and non-verbal abilities in E.)

B1. Possibly the same qualitative impairments as in childhood autism characterised by
1. a lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present
2. impairment in make-believe and social imitative play
3. poor synchrony and lack of reciprocity in conversational interchange
4. poor flexibility in language expression
5. a relative lack of creativity and fantasy in thought processes
6. a lack of emotional response to other people's verbal and non-verbal overtures

B2. Other pragmatic difficulties may include
1. talks too much
2. talks too little
3. lack of cohesion to conversation (TANGENTIAL, or ANECDOTAL)
The seeming paradox is because I can talk a persons ears off about an interest, but am often the one that just stays silent. One customer practically BEGGED me to be more vocal.

B3. Unusual voice characteristics such as the following
1. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics

C. Repetitive Behaviour

C1. One or several special interests that is/are characterised by
1. exclusion of other activities
2. restricted interest towards other topics
3. repetitive adherence
4. more rote than meaning
5. pursued with an abnormal intensity
6. interference with normal daily activities
7. a stereotyped preoccupations with interests such as dates, routes or timetables

C2. Atypical play and attachment as characterised by
1. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
2. a specific interest in non-functional elements of objects (such as their smell or feel)
3. attachment to unusual, typically non-soft objects

C3. Stimming characterised by
1. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms

C4. Routines characterised by
1. inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
2. a tendency to impose rigidity and routine on a wide range of aspects of day-to day functioning
3. a resistance to changes in routine or in details of the personal environment

D. Language

D1. Language Development is characterised by
1. no general delay or retardation in language (single words are used by age 2 years, communicative phrases are used by age 3 years)
2. superficially perfect expressive language
3. formal, pedantic language

D2. Speech abnormalities as characterised by
1. delayed development of language
2. idiosyncratic use of words
3. repetitive patterns of speech
4. impairment of comprehension, including misinterpretations of
literal/implied meanings.

E. Body Language

E1. Inappropriate expression as characterised by
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple non-verbal behaviours [...] to regulate social interaction
2. a weak integration of social, emotional, and communicative behaviours
3. impaired use of variations in cadence or emphasis to reflect communicative modulation

E2. Atypical facial expression as characterised by
1. limited facial expression
2. unable to give messages with eyes
3. peculiar, stiff gaze
4. does not look at other

E3. Atypical body language as characterised by
1. gestures are large and clumsy
2. clumsy/gauche body language
3. limited use of gestures
4. does not use hands to express oneself
5. comes too close to others

(I tend to keep my distance, though many seem to think I should be closer.)

F. Motor development
1. clumsiness
2. delayed motor milestones

G. Psychotic episodes occasionally occur in early adult life

H. No cognitive delay

I. No delay in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behaviour (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood

J. Various other features (taken from the description of childhood autism from ICD-10)
1. presence of fear/phobias
2. presence of sleeping difficulties and disturbances
3. presence of eating disturbances
4. presence temper tantrums and aggression.
5. presence of self-injury (such as wrist-biting)
6. a lack of spontaneity, initiative, and creativity in the organization of their leisure time
7. difficulty applying conceptualizations in decision-making in work