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I'm male, 43, in Texas. During the 80's I came to believe that I was high functioning autistic. Then in '94 I first heard the term 'Asperger's', and the more I researched it, the more convinced I became that that is what it was.

Though I'm not certain to what degree the distinction between 'high-functioning autism' and 'Asperger's Syndrome' is semantic. To my knowledge there's an amount of debate about this. Maybe I can receive further enlightenment here.

Anyway, happy to be here.

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...or at least a different kind of unenlightened chatter.

As far as I know, the main difference is that autism (including HFA) implies a clinically significant speech disability whereas the DSM-IV criteria for AS states that no speech delay is evident. A diagnosis of Kanner autism also requires that a greater number of autism phenotype traits be present.

Or something like that...

BTW, welcome to the party. I'm 39 and just discovered AS in February of this year. Until then I just thought I was weird.

Welcome! I'm a mid 40's Male in Texas, too. Hopefully, you will find some solace in further discussion about the differences between AS and HFA, but as I understand it, there seems to be a fair amount of overlap. We need a great deal of further study; no doubt. None-the-less, it's good to hear from you.

oatwillie

Thanks! (That all sounds so clinical. It seems amazing that you only found out about it last month,lol!)



You too. I appreciate the replies.

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Welcome to wrong planet

Thanks Mel!

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