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21 Oct 2013, 12:11 pm

Forevernuts wrote:
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....I think quite a few people have A.S traits but don't really have an actual Autism spectrum disorder. Sometimes what these people actually have is a non-verbal learning disability...


I thought non-verbal learning disorder WAS an ASD.


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21 Oct 2013, 1:44 pm

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Yes. Me. I'm NT. Couldn't be more NT (I mean, I guess.) Married to someone I suspect is on spectrum. When I was younger I definitely had more AS traits. Why? I dunno. Learned behaviour? Weird response to being very intelligent a bit introverted and raised by a narcissist? Being a bit ADD. Who knows?


is there an NT test lol

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I don't know but I'd take one if there was lol.


NT diagnostic criteria :mrgreen:
http://isnt.autistics.org/dsn.html

They also have an NT test on this side, but sadly it doesn't seem to work anymore. :?


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21 Oct 2013, 1:51 pm

When people say you have aspie traits, that means your brain is not autistic in the way it processes things. In other words, your brain is normal. However, you have traits that many aspies posses have which could be due to your personality rather than a disorder in the brain.



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21 Oct 2013, 2:49 pm

Codyrules37 wrote:
When people say you have aspie traits, that means your brain is not autistic in the way it processes things. In other words, your brain is normal. However, you have traits that many aspies posses have which could be due to your personality rather than a disorder in the brain.


I wonder what about people who do process things in an autistic way but still don't have enough for the label?

I always interpret having aspie traits as having symptoms of it but not enough to meet the criteria which can be bad because some people fall through the cracks. They have a significant impairment but not enough to fit the criteria of something. That is the reason why all these NOS labels exist such as PDD-NOS.


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21 Oct 2013, 11:05 pm

Codyrules37 wrote:
When people say you have aspie traits, that means your brain is not autistic in the way it processes things. In other words, your brain is normal. However, you have traits that many aspies posses have which could be due to your personality rather than a disorder in the brain.


I think I'm either up there on the spectrum or the world's greatest hypochondriac. Like in a bizarre and creative way, I'm trying to find something in common with my dad. Do dad issues ever get resolved lol


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