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IpsoRandomo
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 Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:48 am Post subject: How do I tell how Severe My Asperger's Is? |
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Hi, I'd like to know ways to find out how severe my Asperger's traits are, especially in comparison to other aspies and NTs (especially NTs).
The traits I'm concerned with are empathy, obsessive interests, black-and-white thinking, egoism, reciprocity, and social skills in general.
I'd also like to know what methods I could use to predict future progress.
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Venger
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| Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| A doctor with a lot of experience dealing with mental patients rated me a 4 on a scale of 1-10. 10 is the most severe of course. |
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| Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 7:32 am Post subject: |
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You might want to go into more detail before we try to help, though of course our opinion isn't as good as a doctor's.
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Jeyradan
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I find that the children's PDD scale is really quite good if you can remember what you were like, then. Some of it is transferable to adulthood, but not all, so it may or may not be helpful.
http://www.childbrain.com/pddassess.html
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IpsoRandomo
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| Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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| ebec11 wrote: | | You might want to go into more detail before we try to help, though of course our opinion isn't as good as a doctor's. |
I'm actually asking methods to use, not your personal opinion of my severity, but thanks for offering it.
I guess I could offer some background info. Right now, I'm 20. I'm a college freshman with fairly good grades (I had to repeat the 2nd grade due to reading delays). I drive and have a job. My job is at Subway where I regularly interact with customers. My co-workers seem to like me for the most part. The owner of the place called me a "keeper." I can generally tell when people are phony and when they notice my Asperger's. The manager though is "fake-nice" so I don't believe anything she says.
However, I've only been on two dates and have never kissed a girl, though girls occasionally flirted with me, mostly in high school. I think I could have gone on more dates, except it took me longer than usual to get my license plus I'm introverted.
Up until recently, I had a friend I could confide in. However, he went to boarding school. Plus, he's 3 years younger than me and is having some personal problems with drugs and mental illness.
In high school, people could sometimes tell I wasn't normal. I noticed without them telling me. I'm a bit literal sometimes as as jokes go, but I think I've gotten better at it. |
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IpsoRandomo
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| Jeyradan wrote: | I find that the children's PDD scale is really quite good if you can remember what you were like, then. Some of it is transferable to adulthood, but not all, so it may or may not be helpful.
http://www.childbrain.com/pddassess.html |
I scored a 63, which is mild PDD. The site states, "However, if there are no features present in the second section, Speech and Language Delay, but the overall score is above 60, consider Asperger's Syndrome.."
The criteria is as follows:
0 - 49 = no PDD
50-100 = Mild PDD
100-150 = Moderate PDD
> 150�= Severe PDD |
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shopaholic
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| Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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| 89, Mild PDD (with very little wrong in section 2!) |
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weather1man
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I got 26?
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I rated for when I was a little girl, and I got 240  I think that's the highest you can get 
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ebec11
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Now my score is a high Mild PDD (91)
Pretty darn good improvement. I wasn't sure what to say for some answers, so I put them slightly up then what they probably are.
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AliasPseudonym
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| vague memories of me at about 8 gets a score of 72, and that's with zero language problems... |
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Aquamarine_Kitty
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Whoa, I got 162 (severe PDD)!
Maybe I better go through that again.....
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Do I have a formal diagnosis?
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Aquamarine_Kitty
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| Aquamarine_Kitty wrote: | Whoa, I got 162 (severe PDD)!
Maybe I better go through that again..... |
I got 133 (moderate PDD) this time, and 167 if it was for me at age 6.
I wonder what mild, moderate, and severe are supposed to mean.....
It's an interesting quiz nonetheless.
You could use this scale, or one of the other scales floating around on these forums, or just look around and see how other aspies compare to you.
Comparing yourself to NTs is a little trickier though.... I'll get back to you when I figure that one out. |
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roguetech
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:41 am Post subject: |
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| When is the "then" that I should use for this diagnostic? |
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Nutterbug
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:03 am Post subject: |
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You could try Simon Baron-Cohen's "Autism Quotient" quiz.
I'd post a link, but I'm too new. |
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