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Do you have Aspergers or High-Functioning Autism?

This questionnaire will help you figure out whether or not you have Aspergers-like (high-functioning autistic) traits.

Do you:

• Notice that other people seem bothered by your repetitive mannerisms to the point that they comment on them?

• Receive complaints that you lack empathy or don't understand where other people are coming from? 

• Enjoy learning about mechanical topics? 

• Feel compelled to follow a strict routine and feel extremely agitated when that routine changes?

• Find it difficult to share your interests with others in a way that holds their attention? 

• Find that most of your conversations revolve around just one topic?

• Flap your hands when you are excited? 

• Have a hard time looking people in the eye when you are talking to them or when they are talking to you? 

• Have specific rituals that must be done at specific times or during specific situations? 

• Like taking things apart, especially mechanical devices, to see the pieces inside of them?

• Often feel that you keep your emotions locked up inside without sharing them with those around you?

• Have certain rules that you must follow throughout the day? 

• Have difficulty understanding the importance or purpose of friendship? 

• Find yourself making frequent “social faux pas” (e.g., being so brutally honest with someone that they become offended)? 

• Find yourself unable to make friends? 

• Often feel that you're missing clues in other people's tone of voice that could help you understand how they are feeling? 

• Feel that your relationships with others seem fake or stilted? 

• Have problems discriminating between serious comments versus sarcastic ones?

• Notice that your interests/hobbies often seem to bore other people when you talk about them, or do they complain that you talk about them too much? 

• Have certain movements that you do repetitively on a regular basis? 

• Find that you are extremely interested in one subject more than anything else? 

• Have problems understanding nonverbal social cues (e.g., facial expressions, body language)?

If you answered yes to most of these, you may have Aspergers or HFA. Speak with a professional who has experience in diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorders to find out for sure. This questionnaire is not enough for a conclusive diagnosis. Also, note that the disorder is often not diagnosed before kids reach elementary school age.


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1 comment:

Bulldogma said...

It should be noted that if you happen to be female, your symptoms may differ. For instance, you may have an obsession with horses or other animals to the point you know all there is to know about them. (Mechanics... not so much.) You have learned how to behave in social settings from others and often try to model yourself after other people to try to fit in... but you don't really understand why people do what they do sometimes. Toys may be more for collecting and setting up... but why would you want to act out stories with them ?? Boring!

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