So do I have it or not?

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Hi, I'm Dean, 31, from England. My wife and I have been having some problems recently. We've been attending 'Relate' counselling sessions to try and work things out. Last night, the counsellor suggested that I have Asperger's syndrome, i.e. somewhere on the Autistic spectrum but not an extreme case. So I've been trying to learn more about it. Not sure whether I really have it or if I'm just a bit socially inept.

I suppose it would explain why I have trouble communicating with people and making friends. I work in IT, and my main hobby is chess. I was very much a loner through childhood, and it's only in the last couple of years that I've got more confidence in myself to make some real friends.

My wife has been the real help for me, encouraging and supporting me. But she's on the other side of the divide, with a degree of bipolar. The last year or so she's been suffering from depression, and me being me I find it hard to understand, or relate to it or help.

I've always been very logical, good at maths etc. So I'm wondering how I can find out if I do have or don't have Aspergers syndrome?

Any advice appreciated,
Dean

ok there is an online quiz.....the producer of which is a list member, it wont be hard to find....google aspie quiz, or aspergers on line test and find it, it is fairly accurate.

this is it:

http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php

Thanks for the link, it says

Your Aspie score: 143 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 61 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

this is not diagnostic, or definitive.

there is no diagnostic test for As. it is an indication, and in my own personal opinion a not innaccurate one.

You have an indication of As, not a diagnosis.

dont get the two mixed up.

It's great to see you aboard Wrong Planet, Dean. Here's wishing you and your wife WP's very best. Be well and take care now.