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'Mild' Asperger syndrome

Caleb1981

Hi,

First time post......hope you can help.

I believe I have Asperger syndrome, but none of the people I have discussed it with think I do.

It has taken me almost 5 years to reach this conclusion, after many years of wondering 'what is wrong with me" . Having carried out a lot of researc, it appears that 'mild' Asperger syndrome does exist.

can anyone add to this or share their experiences ? 

Many thanks,

Cal

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  • Hi Cal,

    You don't have to have this on your medical record. If you don't want the people that do the assessment to send the diagnosis letter to your GP (who referred you) then they won't do it, they will only confirm to them that you have had the assessment. And the severly disabled stuff is a bit rubbish really, you'd think spring watch has at least done that for us.

    I don't find a diagnosis helpful so far, rather the opposite really, but then I went there because a counsellor had suggested it and I wanted to be told that she was wrong, so guess that doesn't apply to you. If you want an explanation why things have gone wrong or something then it might be useful, but don't expect that there is much help you would be able to access if you had a diagnosis.

    Do you feel you have something in common with people posting here? What recombinantsocks says: "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." is certainly true, but the similarities are somehow rather striking (as I figured out after reading through this forum a bit, mainly in an attempt to convince myself that the psychologist had also got it wrong...).

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  • Hi Cal,

    You don't have to have this on your medical record. If you don't want the people that do the assessment to send the diagnosis letter to your GP (who referred you) then they won't do it, they will only confirm to them that you have had the assessment. And the severly disabled stuff is a bit rubbish really, you'd think spring watch has at least done that for us.

    I don't find a diagnosis helpful so far, rather the opposite really, but then I went there because a counsellor had suggested it and I wanted to be told that she was wrong, so guess that doesn't apply to you. If you want an explanation why things have gone wrong or something then it might be useful, but don't expect that there is much help you would be able to access if you had a diagnosis.

    Do you feel you have something in common with people posting here? What recombinantsocks says: "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." is certainly true, but the similarities are somehow rather striking (as I figured out after reading through this forum a bit, mainly in an attempt to convince myself that the psychologist had also got it wrong...).

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