'Mild' Asperger syndrome

Asperger syndrome is a spectrum disorder so it affects different people differently. At the root of it, however, is a common issue in failing to understand other people as well as normal people understand each other. You either have a problem with that or you don't so although it is a spectrum disorder there is a degree of you either having it or you don't. Asperger's is just a subdivision of autism so if you have Asperger's then you really have autism.

There is a free and fairly reliable test at aspergerstest.net/.../ If you do that and then post the result back here then that might help this discussion.

The people on this forum have various shades of problems from those who can see that they have autistic traits, through those that have a diagnosis but appear normal to most people through to those who are severely disabled and are very obviously affected. Many people get a diagnosis because they run into mental health issues because of the difficulties that the underlying poor social communication causes. It is quite common to arrive at a diagnosis through self diagnosis but it is also common for people to be oblivious to their differences.

There is also a big difference in the ability of people to cope with their autism. This depends on a lot of factors, some of them down to an individuals nature and some down to the nurture that they have received from the rest of society.

There is a saying "when you have met a person then you have just met one person with autism" it is very hard for people to see the similarities between people with autism, we are all different and different from each other in more ways than we are similar to each other. We all share the root issues of social communication and the consequences that that brings.

Asperger syndrome is a spectrum disorder so it affects different people differently. At the root of it, however, is a common issue in failing to understand other people as well as normal people understand each other. You either have a problem with that or you don't so although it is a spectrum disorder there is a degree of you either having it or you don't. Asperger's is just a subdivision of autism so if you have Asperger's then you really have autism.

There is a free and fairly reliable test at aspergerstest.net/.../ If you do that and then post the result back here then that might help this discussion.

The people on this forum have various shades of problems from those who can see that they have autistic traits, through those that have a diagnosis but appear normal to most people through to those who are severely disabled and are very obviously affected. Many people get a diagnosis because they run into mental health issues because of the difficulties that the underlying poor social communication causes. It is quite common to arrive at a diagnosis through self diagnosis but it is also common for people to be oblivious to their differences.

There is also a big difference in the ability of people to cope with their autism. This depends on a lot of factors, some of them down to an individuals nature and some down to the nurture that they have received from the rest of society.

There is a saying "when you have met a person then you have just met one person with autism" it is very hard for people to see the similarities between people with autism, we are all different and different from each other in more ways than we are similar to each other. We all share the root issues of social communication and the consequences that that brings.