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Personality disorder vs Asperger's

Sarah2

I was recently assessed and told I have high functioning autism, not allowed to diagnose it Asperger's anymore i was told, however, i was wondering could hfa be confused with having a personality disorder? And could a person have both of these? I have taken online tests and always scored as a high candidate for personality disorder, does anyone have any insights on this?  

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    NAS20054 said:

    I presume you were assessed thoroughly and rigourously and told by a qualified officially accredited  expert in mental health diagnosis who has a long list of qualifications behind their name and years of relevant experience and held in high esteem by their peers ?

    In which case their pronouncement can be held as credible.

    I must admit this is a point I'm really terribly ambivalent about.  I'm often of the opinion that such people are really the only ones who can offer a properly educated opinion, but so often I've encountered examples who've ticked all the boxes who are, well, less than one would expect.

    I've no reason (so far) to expect that any of the autism experts are anything other than "what it says on the tin", I guess I'm just slightly cynical about professional qualifications and peer-reviews after working in computing.  Where both were about as convincing as wearing an expensive suit.

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    NAS20054 said:

    I presume you were assessed thoroughly and rigourously and told by a qualified officially accredited  expert in mental health diagnosis who has a long list of qualifications behind their name and years of relevant experience and held in high esteem by their peers ?

    In which case their pronouncement can be held as credible.

    I must admit this is a point I'm really terribly ambivalent about.  I'm often of the opinion that such people are really the only ones who can offer a properly educated opinion, but so often I've encountered examples who've ticked all the boxes who are, well, less than one would expect.

    I've no reason (so far) to expect that any of the autism experts are anything other than "what it says on the tin", I guess I'm just slightly cynical about professional qualifications and peer-reviews after working in computing.  Where both were about as convincing as wearing an expensive suit.

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