Do people not believe you have AS?

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I don't really tell people, but on the rare occasion I do they are usually very surprised but still believe me.

Now I know why there are so many Netherlanders here

I have only had this experience online and it only came from trolls or ignorant people who like to play the internet doctor.

However my elementary school didn't think I had it and it was only ADD but my speech therapist suspected it when I was in 5th grade. After knowing me for three years, she picked up on it. I am sure my 5th grade teacher picked up on it too since he had an autistic child.

I have never had any doctors tell me in real life I don't have it or anyone else telling me I don't after my diagnoses.

But however my mom says I am not a real aspie just because I am not a textbook case. I am going to ask her next time what is a real aspie? Someone who had no speech delay or someone who is never ever flexible or someone who is rude and selfish inconsiderate? Or is it because I had hearing loss?

The first doctor I approached about it (before my diagnosis) told me he didn't believe in Asperger Syndrome - that it was just a personality type, and that people had turned it into a disorder so that teachers could get support for kids who act up in class.

The doctor I see now believes in it, and that I have it, because he has a family member with Aspergers and apparently I'm very similar to her.

My dad is of the old school 'In the old days, you'd have been called eccentric, so you don't have a disorder' line of thinking.

People really vary in their response to it. Generally it has little to do with me and more to do with their awareness of the autistic spectrum. People who are knowledgable about the autistic spectrum (through their own experience) are the ones who immediately recognise I have Aspergers, often even before I mention it.

All depends on who I tell. Most people my age (early 20s) don't believe it at first, and I think most of them just don't understand when I try to explain it, but a fair number of my college professors whom I've told seem to believe me.

THAT is what really irks me.
So far, other people seem to believe that I have AS. Well, the majority of them do.
I, however, am still not fully convinced, simply because I still don't understand the definition of AS. What does it look like? What does it sound like? I feel like I have much more in common with those on the spectrum than with NTs, but how do I know if I really do? How do I know whether my issues really are caused by a neurological impairment? I guess there is just no way to know. Because sometimes, I just feel too normal. Other times, I feel very awkward. But don't all people feel that way from time to time?

All the time, because they don't see how hard it really is.

Honestly, most people tend to think that I don't have AS since, sometimes I tend to do very well in social scenarios but, this is always different with each changing situation and all.2nd, Some people have flat out felt that I come close more to someone whom is mentally ret*d at times when I don't pick up on one's body language and all.Anyways I could go on forever on this though, being honorable I'll simply say, whatever others think of me is something I can't do anything about..

I wish I had this problem! No one has ever questioned it when I've disclosed. Oh, well, I am what I am.

No, no one has disputed AS (AD, yeah, but not AS).

I feel the same way.

People who know me believe it.
People who know something about ASDs tend to pick up on it before I tell them.

Many people have often seen me as being like Dustin Hoffman in the film"Rainman" though, I'm not filled with as many difficulties though..