what's the difference between INTJ and AS?

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I'm going to suggest that there are some differences.

I'm INTJ, but I've taken the the AS test and received the average score for an NT person. Because I spent time in foster care as a kid and teen I've had psych evals as late as my teen years, and I was never diagnosed with AS (or anything else). Not an expert though on what kind of test is needed to catch it.

I've been researching AS because I recenly met someone who has it, and I think there are a few differences.

1) I gather that AS's social difficulties are caused by an inability to process social information. This doesn't seem to be the case with INTJs, or at least not to the same extent as AS people.

2) At least from my observations of my own behavior, I don't believe I follow routines, I don't have obsessions, and I don't notice details. The AS guy I know notices things that most people do not. He'll also get a bit obsessive about details, while I feel like I don't generally care about details so much.

3) I don't think INTJ's interests are as narrowly focused as an AS person's may be. I love to learn new information and will spend a decent amount of time doing this most days provided there's time. However, I don't have one or two narrow fields that I limit this to. I like learning a lot of different kinds of things that I consider useful. The AS person told me his focus is on sports statistics and always has been. Also, I've read about AS people becoming focused on parts of things rather than the whole. This definitely doesn't apply to me and I don't think it applies to INTJs in general.

this is something i've been wondering for awhile

i figured out i was INTJ after reading Gifts Differing back in the 80's

i started hearing on the internet about AS some ten or twelve years ago & it also seemed to fit--for example i scored more than 60% on one quiz i remember taking--but besides that, my sense of myself, my perceptions & unsociability.

colors, sounds, textures: just seem to mean more to me, than others when i try to describe it to them.

i've become relatively integrated into society (despite some key stubbornnesses), so i don't feel that i've met with extraordinary obstacles (perhaps because of my useful intelligence--people will forgive your eccentricities when you're very smart), yet i remain deeply alienated from both the major currents of humanity, & from its merest details. i would have it otherwise.

i am here to learn, however, not to state too summarily my judgment on this important topic.

m.

What is the INTJ difference between that and Aspergers? INTj is not as severe? They score as NTs? I am confused another acronym to look up for me..

A Myers-Brigg personality type?
(introversion, intuition, thinking, judgment)
according to wikiepedia

I just see it as a personality type. So some Aspergers may be INTJ. Others may not be. Some NT may be INTJ some may not be is the conclusion...

I usually score either INTJ or INFJ, I am basically in the middle of thinking and feeling. But I am strong For Introvert, Intuitive, and Judging.

Old topic. my two cents are:

The MBTI is a tool, so intrisically limited, that matches cognitive functions. It doesn't tell anything about impairment in cognitive functions. It means to me that someone with ASD can be of any type.
The tests define dimensions not functions though, unless you get a true assessment with a professional, I hope.

It's possible that ASD looks like INxxs, is it true? How do you measure that with such a (personal use) vague tool?

Imagine an intj with spd then, following OP post, they probably look like an Aspie and have the same difficulties. I think that for people with milder forms of Asperger's it would be hard to tell. Where is the limit? is there really such a thing? Does it have to be/is it important?

Same for typing. No one is in a box. Cognitive tests can show that many don't use the "right" functions in the "right" order predicted by type.

One of my fave fictional Aspie is Brenda Johnson, and she's one of the least type "for Aspies" ENFP.

I am INFJ and am diagnosed with Asperger's. Did the test a lot of times over my life and always the same result. Can't answer the questions more honestly.

I'm an INTP

I vary between INFJ and INTJ, mostly the latter. Not sure if I have AS though, going in for my assessment next week.

I’ve never been diagnosed but there's probably greater than 50/50 chance that I am on the spectrum. I usually test as INTJ.

One is the result of a statistically unreliable test and the other is a condition that has been researched extensively but no longer "exists" officially.