degrees of aspergersness?

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Just wondering if there's such a thing as degrees or levels to aspergers from least obstructive to activities of daily living to completely unable to function without assistance from others.

Thanks.

Not "officially". I mean: a diagnosis of Aspergers is a diagnosis of Aspergers (rather than "mild Aspergers", etc). That being said, everyone experiences their symptoms to different degrees, and generally mild, moderate, and severe levels of Aspergers can be seen.

Despite that criteria, per Tony Attwood it seems that many people diagnosed with AS did have delays in the development of age-appropriate self help skills and adaptive behavior. I certainly did.

But then I also seem to fit the criteria for autism, and the criteria also says a diagnosis of autism should supercede AS, and that doesn't happen a lot either.

When I was diagnosed, my doctor said that there were degrees or levels of it.

I can detect the varying degrees of AS just by reading the posts here.

hey, i scored like 47on asq and 184 on aspie test but i can pretend to be very normal.

Autism is a spectrum, so there are certainly degrees to which different people are affected.

Our top 2 sportsmen have AS genes but noone noos but me

They are at the top tier of higher functioning

of course there are 'degrees', but it's not a simple fact of just measuring them, just a way of expressing how badly you , generally, are affected in your everyday life.

It would really require a multi-dimensional approach. Functioning level, robustness (as previously discussed), severity of sensory issues, attention focusing ability, memory quality, communication skills (basic and advanced), and probably many others.

And as Callista once said a while back, a very high functioning autie may be very unhappy and suicidal, while someone who is need of constant support may be extremely happy.