Aspergers and the "Fixated Personality" Type
In previous posts, we talked about the “ avoidant personality ,” the “ approach personality ,” and the “ disruptive personality ” in Aspergers (high functioning autistic) children, teens and adults. In this post, we will examine the fourth and final type called the “ fixated personality .” The fixated personality type can be characterized by a preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and the need to control one’s environment (e.g., to have things in a particular order). Some of the symptoms of the fixated personality type may include: compulsion to make lists and/or schedules feelings of excessive doubt and caution obsessive need for cleanliness perfectionism (that may sometimes interfere with task-completion) preoccupation with order and organization preoccupation with remembering and paying attention to minute details and facts rigid following of rules and regulations rigidity or inflexibility of beliefs stubbornness unreasonable insistence that others subm