Sirunus
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 Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:41 pm Post subject: List of Autistic traits |
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I have been referred to the neuropsychology department of a hospital for an assessment for autism by my doctor. He said it would take a few weeks to come through (and this was two and a half weeks ago) and I still haven't received the letter I was supposed to get yet.
Well, I've been looking at a little bit of footage of myself when I was a toddler and had discussed my early life with my mother. Using my own memory and this information, I had comprised a list of symptoms recorded throughout my life, and I'm sure there may well be symptoms that I missed or don't remember.
It's interesting to know which ASD I will be diagnosed with. It seems AS will likely be the case, if not then HFA or PDD-NOS are also likely diagnoses. Which, in your opinion, ASD do you think I have? These are the symptons I listed to show the neuropsychologist when I go for my assessment.
*Difficulty with social integration, communication and interaction (doesn’t make many friends, often passive in social situations, finds it difficult to keep up with conversations and maintaining eye contact; idle body language, poor overall social skills).
*Attachment to certain objects (sheets with a unique odour, certain toys, collecting certain things like models of buses, always on the computer).
*Ritualised, repetitive behaviour (Avoiding contaminating foods with each other, eating foods in a certain way, only ever eating certain foods, watching the same videos over and over again.)
*Atypical speech development (although not delayed, speech was unintelligible and required speech therapy).
*Poor motor coordination and sensory issues (bad at sports and practical things, could not walk in a straight line, sometimes ran in an odd way, could not tolerate things like dogs barking or party crackers.)
*Difficulty processing information and has a language based disorder (dyslexia test revealed this).
*Difficulty making sense of or paying attention to surroundings; constantly daydreams and stuck in own world, sometimes does not notice people or know how to respond to people or situations. Sometimes looks at the floor.
*Constant handflapping and stimming (jumping up and down flapping hands, constant pacing or walking round in circles, rocking back and forth in chair, likes to have back or feet stroked, constant fiddling and fidgeting).
*Deeply introverted and often seeks solitude, and tends to ignore others.
*Has severe anxiety and is sensitive to certain stimuli. (Had odd anxieties/phobias, sensitive stomach and often suffered from abdominal pains when irritated).
*Difficult to associate with or have conversations with (Constant yes or no answers).
*Obsessive special interests and finds it difficult to talk about anything else.
*Fascinated by certain patterns, movements or sounds (Ocean waves, bus engines, spider webs).
*Difficulty expressing thoughts, feelings, emotions and speaks in a monotonic-like rhythm (been called a "robot" by bullies).
*Some of these traits are present in immediate family. |
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emc2
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| Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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I think it will be how you present today as to which label you get.
There is so much overlap between HFA etc and AS anyway they are all pretty similar. |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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Gosh, I have so many of those traits...
I think you have Asperger's Syndrome.
What will decide your official diagnosis is your doctor's interpretation of your speech as a toddler. I am not sure what an official "delay" is? Did you try to talk to people, they just couldn't understand you, or did others try really hard to communicate with you, you didn't go out of your way to approach them and talk? I think a delay means you aren't interested in talking much at all.
Sounds like it's either Asperger's Syndrome or High Functioning Autism. Sounds like too many traits to be PDD/NOS. |
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glider18
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| Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:06 pm Post subject: help with the spectrum |
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I was recently diagnosed with Asperger's. I have researched some of the different spectrum disorders and am finding it fascinating to organize them on the spectrum. Is Kanner's considered the most severe form? I have also seen Rett syndrome among others. Then there is high functioning autism, then Asperger's, and then the PDD-NOS.
From what I have read, it seems like PDD-NOS is the least severe, followed by Asperger's, then High Functioning Autism. Then we move down through what is called classic autism, and then to Kanner's. Is that right?
However, no matter how mild or high functioning any of these is considered, they are not mild. I am an Aspie, and life is very challenging for me. And from the other Aspies I have come in contact with, life is challenging for most of them as well. |
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brankmonkey1
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| Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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The papers just said a learning disabity. The pyschological reports said i was rocking/excessive physical activites, very low expressive vocabulary, very short attention span, staring at the pictures on the wall, repeat instructions over, speech omission, deficient abilities in fine and gross motor cordination, during the test there were excessive amount of extemporaneous talking about non related items, great distractibitiy short attention span perserverant behavior 2 year delays in receptive language visual motor, aggressive activities generaized anxiety he appears to try use fantasy for some self satisfaction and deal with real world with certain degree of defensiveness evasiveness and suspiciousness. excessvely anxious socially withdrawn quite impulsive diffculty controlling anger daydreams, talks to him self unexplained facial grimaces i was classified as serious emotional disturbed also... unintelligable speech and lack of eye contact language delay also...
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Sirunus
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| Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote: | Gosh, I have so many of those traits...
I think you have Asperger's Syndrome.
What will decide your official diagnosis is your doctor's interpretation of your speech as a toddler. I am not sure what an official "delay" is? Did you try to talk to people, they just couldn't understand you, or did others try really hard to communicate with you, you didn't go out of your way to approach them and talk? I think a delay means you aren't interested in talking much at all.
Sounds like it's either Asperger's Syndrome or High Functioning Autism. Sounds like too many traits to be PDD/NOS. |
I was talking by the age of 3, but I was very quiet and when I did speak, it was often gibberish that particularly adults had a hard time understanding. After speech therapy, my speech improved dramatically. But I still didn't talk very much; I normally only spoke when I had to and still had a great difficulty saying some words or sentences. It's quite hard to say really if this counts as speech delay, but as another user said, a phonological disorder, no matter how severe, does not count as language delay experienced by autistic children. |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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Kanner's is the most extreme...
I was hard to understand also, and was in speech therapy. I mumple small talks still but when in lecturing mode am very articulate, loud and easy to understand. It's sorta weird but oh well. |
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cyberscan
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| Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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I had all the symptoms the first poster listed plus I didn't start talking until well after my fourth birthday. I'm diagnosed with Kanner's (classical) autism.
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Age1600
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| Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:15 am Post subject: Re: help with the spectrum |
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| glider18 wrote: | I was recently diagnosed with Asperger's. I have researched some of the different spectrum disorders and am finding it fascinating to organize them on the spectrum. Is Kanner's considered the most severe form? I have also seen Rett syndrome among others. Then there is high functioning autism, then Asperger's, and then the PDD-NOS.
From what I have read, it seems like PDD-NOS is the least severe, followed by Asperger's, then High Functioning Autism. Then we move down through what is called classic autism, and then to Kanner's. Is that right?
However, no matter how mild or high functioning any of these is considered, they are not mild. I am an Aspie, and life is very challenging for me. And from the other Aspies I have come in contact with, life is challenging for most of them as well. |
Actually a lot of people are getting confused, pddnos is not always mild, in fact it can even seem more severe then a classic autie. I was first diagnosed with severe pddnos. The doctors said I was too severe to have aspergers, so they diagnosed me with severe pddnos. We went to doctors who only worked and dealt with people with aspergers. I met several kids whom have pddnos who i thought were severely autistic, but since they missed maybe one or two traits of classic autism, they got the label pddnos instead. In fact in a diagram i posted awhile ago, it puts aspergers as the mild, pddnos as moderate, and classic autism as severe meaning aspergers is can either be mild-moderate, pddnos can be anywhere from mild-moderate-severe, and classic autism can be moderate-severe. Thats just what the diagram said. With each individual comes differents way of coping with the autism. I think HFA, PddNos, Aspergers every one can fit together which is why its all combined into ASDs. Theres not a lot of differences, yet you think of aspergers, you think little professors, special interests, no language delay... you think of pddnos, you automatically think the msot mild form.... you think of classic autism, you assume its more nonverbal, severest of them all... you think of HFA which isnt a real diagnosis, can be classic but high functioning, can be aspergers but with a delay, can be pddnos but not as mild. Its so hard now and these days to tell those 3 diagnosis's apart.
Anyways from what you said, your probably be diagnosed Aspergers, as that you never had a language delay and have all you talk about is your special interests, nothing else. A lot of doctors see those two traits and lean towards Aspergers. Which isn't always the case.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 1:53 pm Post subject: glider18 |
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| Thank you Age1600 for making the spectrum more clear based on your understanding of it. As I look at it now, I can see where no matter what diagnosis within the spectrum one gets, he or she can have more mild or more severe symptoms within the areas of socialization, language, motor skills, interests, etc. But on the whole, as you pointed out, Asperger's tends to be the mildest. However there are definite overlaps that can occur within each diagnosis. Again, thank you for your explanation of it. |
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