What counts as a 'sensory issue' and can you have aspergers without having any?

 The one thing which makes me question my diagnosis and makes me feel different from other people with AS is that I don't think I have any significant 'sensory issues'. This is a good thing as from what I read they sound awful, but I cannot really relate.

Are the following 'sensory issues':

When I read I cannot bear background noise, lawnmowers, music, and need quietude. But then so do many people without AS - this is not a specifically AS problem, although I might take it a step too far because I find it very hard to concentrate with background noise.

Was scared of fireworks as a small child and balloons popping, not so much anymore.

 

But I have no problems with food - eat an extensive diet. No problems with clothing or significant problems with touch, but have never been into cuddles.

Not keen on crowded environments, but I simply avoid them as much as possible.

Noises are never painful, just distracting. I can endure loud noises even if I would rather it were quiet.

At the group I attend, two women there always want to talk about 'sensory issues', but they seem irrelevant to me. For example, one of them always wants the door closed due to noise I cannot even hear. My main issues are socialising, making friends, obsessions, phobias, OCD anxieties.

Can you have Aspergers with minimal 'sensory issues' ?(a phrase I actually can't stand, it is too medical)

I have been properly diagnosed on NHS and meet the full criteria for AS, but I don't really have the sensory part.

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  • There was a loud drill outside bus-stop today, while annoying, I could bear it. Noise izs only a real problem when I am trying to work. I don't mind ambulence sirens etc. And I have no texture or clothing problems. So I guess I prove that not all people with AS have significant sensory issues, yet when reading the literature I feel an oddity here. I have all the other symptoms

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  • There was a loud drill outside bus-stop today, while annoying, I could bear it. Noise izs only a real problem when I am trying to work. I don't mind ambulence sirens etc. And I have no texture or clothing problems. So I guess I prove that not all people with AS have significant sensory issues, yet when reading the literature I feel an oddity here. I have all the other symptoms

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