AS misdiagnosis?
28 Jan 2012, 11:12 am
btbnnyr wrote:
drgreen19 wrote:
I understood all of the social and nonverbal cues, except I was never in to talking and playing with other kids, and would often choose to read some books or write something. I had some "Special interests", but they were more of hobbies, and I could walk away whenever I wanted to.
This does indicate a misdiagnosis. Understanding all of the social and non-verbal cues as a child is not consistent with autism.
When I was a kid, I had no idea about social and non-verbal cues. In my mind, there were no cues. Also, I could not have walked away from a special interest whenever I wanted to. Far more likely was a meltdown if anyone interrupted me.
I can walk away from my hobbies when I want to, however, I often don' t want to, and when interrupted or pulled away from them by others I get upset. That said, I do not know if I have Aspergers or whether I am NT so...
@the OP
I can be similar to you in that I can socialise when I want too and I can read enough signals to get by when participating in surface interactions. However there are some signals that I cannot read and have never been able to..but those are usually the more subtle ones. The less obvious they are the more I struggle with them or misread them.
As I have a lot of academic ability though I can use that to compensate to a degree (being an A average at College and University has its perks), so yes I can read some social cues by intellectually figuring them out. The down side is that using my intellect to guide my social interactions can be tiring so I tend to avoid socialising mostly for that reason (my intellect is more suited to Academics rather than figuring out social interactions).
I am also highly introverted.
My diagnosis is social anxiety as I have never been tested for Aspergers so I have no idea if I am Aspie or not, but I do get different test scores to you. I test as 136 out of 170 (approximately) for Aspie and only 76 for NT in the one test and score around 38 (usually) in the AQ test.
Perhaps you should ask to be re-evaluated?
