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29 Oct 2010, 12:35 am

Hi all, I know I am not new and have posted re: having been diagnosed with AS before.

Well yesterday, Oct. 27, I had my formal diagnosis at the Redpath Centre in Toronto. For a full morning, myself and my mother completed an interiew, filled out questionnaires and I underwent IQ testing (Weschler). The results are below.

Wechsler Test:
96th percentile vocabulary/language - Superior - (word definitions test)
75th percentile performance - Average - arranging red and white blocks in patterns test)

Diagnoses:
Asperger's Syndrome
Nonverbal Learning Disability

While I was already aware of the AS, the diagnoses of NLD was a big surprise to me and my mother. However, reading up on NLD over the past couple of days, I am confident that this assessment is accurate and these results can be used for me to move forward in treatment and in finding a fulfilling job that utilizes my skills (I have a Master of Social Work).

I'd love to hear from anyone else who shares similar Wechsler scores, and/or who is diagnosed with AS and NLD; particularly if you are a female within my age range of 21-29.

Thank you in advance for sharing your own story with and reaching out to me.



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29 Oct 2010, 2:29 am

This is fairly typical of most individuals who have AS as described by Hans Asperger.

I'm of the opinion that the diagnostic criteria in the DSM-IV is a bit out of sync with what Hans Asperger observed and was writing about in his papers, as he was quite clear the children he observed had coordination issues, while that is not part of the DSM-IV critera, and he was quite clear that these children had high verbal IQ's, which is also not part of the DSM-IV criteria.



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29 Oct 2010, 12:56 pm

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01 Nov 2010, 8:19 pm

Chronos wrote:
This is fairly typical of most individuals who have AS as described by Hans Asperger.

I'm of the opinion that the diagnostic criteria in the DSM-IV is a bit out of sync with what Hans Asperger observed and was writing about in his papers, as he was quite clear the children he observed had coordination issues, while that is not part of the DSM-IV critera, and he was quite clear that these children had high verbal IQ's, which is also not part of the DSM-IV criteria.


Thanks for sharing your thoughts :)

That is very interesting about the high verbal IQs not being part of the DSM-IV.

After the appointment, my mother commented that she achieved 99% in the language section of he r SATs in the 1970s. While she is not diagnosed with AS (and we don't believe she has it) it is interesting that the verbal ability may be genetic.... it explains but doesn't excuse its exclusion from the DSM-IV.