Physical Problems In Addition To Being On The Spectrum?

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The subject/title I chose for this thread pretty much describes itself but I'll go into a bit more detail.
One thing to get out of the way first, when it comes to having Aspergers or being on the autism spectrum I will acknowledge I'm self-diagnosed When I was a kid no one in my area even knew Aspergers or high-functioning autism was even a thing. Once I found out about it myself around 11 years ago now it just kind of made sense in describing me. For the last around 5 years or so I've been seeing a psychologist, I switched to the current one a couple of years ago. If I mention the subject, my psychologist or psychiatrist or any other doctor just kind of manages to change the topic without really answering my questions one way or the other on it. I think they figure it doesn't matter what you call it, I am who I am so they just work on me and with me as a person instead of as a condition. But the point is I meet far too many symptoms to not have it.
What I am wondering is who here besides their Aspergers/autism issues has some sort of other issue or illness or something like that? I myself was born with scoliosis, they had to do an operation when I was 6 to stop it from progessing. So with scoliosis already I have uneven shoulders, legs are slightly different lengths, limited lung capacity and so on. Adding to that the operation I had affected my growth so I come in at around 5 feet tall even. So being a man, that's kept my options limited when it comes to "love." But, I will dwell more on that later.
My questions is, how many other people on here have some sort of other physical condition? If so share what it is and how else it's affected your life in addition to your autism spectrum caused issues.

The only physical condition I've heard of that can be co-morbid with ASD is hypotonia, a lack of muscle tone.

I've always been in a private school for autism and always there's been several who have physical disabilities.

I have severe dyspraxia that's almost like mild cerebral palsy. It affects my ability to talk and do things with my hands and affects my walking to the point where I need leg braces. Sometimes when a lot of walking is needed they just plop me into a wheelchair.
I also have always have respiratory problems and other stuff. Basically I'm referred to as "fragile".

I am terribly unaware of my body. I can go days being sick and not really notice. I have difficulty telling when I am hungry or full and when I need to sleep.

My hand eye coordination and gross motor control are abysmal. Sometimes its like I have to manually adjust each part of my body in order to move around. It doesn't really get in the way of things very often but I have been known to walk straight into walls or closed doors. I have never been able to play any sort of physical sport.

My fine motor controls aren't nearly as bad, I enjoy doing things like calligraphy but there are occasions where my hands get shaky.

I also have to wear glasses, without which I may as well be blind. Combined with my poor night vision and photophobia its not too fun.

I have minor auditory processing difficulties as well which makes it difficult to distinguish voices so at times im effectively deaf to certain things.

I'm also somewhat short for my age and I most likely won't grow anymore. I'm about 5ft 5 but when I slouch its more like 5ft 3.

Glasses, past quasi-eating disorder, and hypotonia. Also underweight as result.

Tongue cancer which required the replacement of half of my tongue which stopped and still greatly inhibits my abilty to eat and speak normally

Mild stroke some weakness on left arm and leg with slight balance problem

Mild Chron's disease.

I am hypermobile and have chronic pain because of it. Also related to that are poor muscle tone and coordination, which I am aware can also be attributed to ASD. I also have some mild deformities in my legs.

Gastrointestinal issues are common among autistics. Also other autoimmune diseases, including a lot of thyroid issues. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome seems to be way more common in the autistic population than in the general population. Dyspraxia, as Ezra mentioned, but both severity and type of dyspraxia varies a lot.

Physical:
• Hypermobility
• Hypotonia
• Visual impairment
• Hearing impairment

Neurological:
• Hypersensitivity to sound, sight, smell, taste, and touch
• Hyposensitivity to proprioception and interoception
• Visual processing disorder
• Auditory processing disorder

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31st of July, 2013
Diagnosed: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Auditory-Verbal Processing Speed Disorder, and Visual-Motor Processing Speed Disorder.

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