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10 Feb 2011, 9:13 pm

What I understand about the difference between AS and SPD (and similar conditions) is that AS people don't know how to be social but SPD people just don't want to socialize. The presented symptoms are the same but the underlying reason is different. Anyone confused about a diagnosis should look at the broader context. AS affects much more than just social skills, there are other things such as motor skills and sensory issues. If the problem is limited to social skills, it may not be AS.



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10 Feb 2011, 9:17 pm

Exactly, but they would still label some of those adolescents who don't want to socialize one bit as in indifference or just not finding it pleasurable and being capable of socializing just fine while having the symptoms as aspergers. Also, the affected individual may not realize it might be another issue that still gets them to appear like an aspergers. I do have something against age restriction into diagnosis criteria and things like that for this very reason.



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10 Feb 2011, 9:22 pm

Mdyar wrote:
This is AS V. ^^You don't need to see a doc. for confirmation.


I am confused. What are you referring to?

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With myself though, being an ever experimenter at heart, a tinkerer with questions. I'm interested to know why you see it that way and why I may see it slightly askew. I'll listen rather than monologue. If I do talk it's an educational slant. I may small talk a little and gripe about the weather or high gas prices and this is reciprocal, as they gripe and may add some news to it and I chew it.

I do the above as in explore the world with questions by research , but as my wife says, " everything you do does not include people, no one is included--and this is not normal."

To me it's always been normal. I've never known another way .


I do ask people questions. I do want to know what other people think about my interests (usually their interests too), and this is not unlike researching said interests. I mean they're all I want to talk about.



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10 Feb 2011, 9:24 pm

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One thing that some people are concerned about is that AS may be over-diagnosed in some age groups, because of deficiencies in the current system. Say you have a student who needs special treatment, who does not have AS, but who has a number of the traits of AS. Such a student may be diagnosed with AS, because they don't fit into any other diagnostic category, and because the alternative may be to deny needed treatment.


If they have a number of the traits, wouldn't PDD-NOS be an appropriate diagnosis?



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10 Feb 2011, 9:37 pm

Verdandi wrote:
If they have a number of the traits, wouldn't PDD-NOS be an appropriate diagnosis?


That is true in some cases, but not in all cases. Someone could have a low IQ and some deficits in social functioning due to low IQ. That would be classic mental retardation, not PDD-NOS. Also a number of the personality disorders have many similarities to ASD.


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10 Feb 2011, 10:55 pm

Verdandi wrote:
Mdyar wrote:
This is AS V. ^^You don't need to see a doc. for confirmation.


I am confused. What are you referring to?

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With myself though, being an ever experimenter at heart, a tinkerer with questions. I'm interested to know why you see it that way and why I may see it slightly askew. I'll listen rather than monologue. If I do talk it's an educational slant. I may small talk a little and gripe about the weather or high gas prices and this is reciprocal, as they gripe and may add some news to it and I chew it.

I do the above as in explore the world with questions by research , but as my wife says, " everything you do does not include people, no one is included--and this is not normal."

To me it's always been normal. I've never known another way .


I do ask people questions. I do want to know what other people think about my interests (usually their interests too), and this is not unlike researching said interests. I mean they're all I want to talk about.


V. I was talking to myself here. I'm aware of your efforts for a DX , and the "scripted" with regard to small talk and with what you all posted is spot on AS, is what I meant.



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10 Feb 2011, 11:04 pm

Mdyar wrote:
V. I was talking to myself here. I'm aware of your efforts for a DX , and the "scripted" with regard to small talk and with what you all posted is spot on AS, is what I meant.


Oh, right! I was looking at what I posted and didn't see anything about doctors, hence the confusion. With clarification, that makes sense.

I added my bit because what you said about questions prompted me. I just meant if someone is interesting to me and has interesting things to say about my interests I will listen to them, but often I just want to talk.