Asperger's and the Myers-Briggs

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I consistently place INTJ, and every time I take the test the results are always stronger.

I don't believe in such personality tests as they test behavior rather than personality because a person can learn to mimic behaviors normally attributed to other personality types by means of work-arounds.

My personality would be almost 100% ESTJ judging by my thinking patterns alone, but judging by my behavior I would probably be more of a ENTP type of person. In my opinion, that makes these tests quite useless.

INTJ here.

I doubt it's any rarer than anybody else getting an E on it. Difficulties with social perception wouldn't mean that you automatically don't want to connect to people, just have some obstacles to do it. I think Aspies have the full range of personality types just like anybody else. One of my two Aspie sons is very E and the other is very I. I myself waver between E and I so I'm nearly perfectly split.

In my experience, it seems most men/boys with AS are either extremely E or extremely I, although the vast majority seems to be in the second category. Maybe women are more balanced? I can't really say, since I find it nearly as hard to relate to women with AS as to relate to NT women. Somehow the only women I can relate to seem to be women with ADHD or Borderline Personality Syndrome... and especially the latter is peculiar since they're almost the exact oposite of me on an emotional level. I do notice that women with BPD often have family members with autism and vice versa, though, so there must be some strange genetic link.

I've heard the same thing. I'd say it's a split between INTP and INTJs, for the most part. I think we're definitely the majority. I've been INTP since I first took the test in high school, lots of INTPs become INTJs or swing back and forth throughout life.

I just don't get how anyone with AS can have a personality that is not either ISTJ or ESTJ (depending on whether one is introverted or extraverted). While I recognise that behavior does tend to lean towards ENTP or INTP behavior as one gets older because one learns to think in more abstract terms and grow more aware of the bigger picture due to rational analysis (the T part), this does not change the fact that people with AS have a significantly more need for concrete data and details than NT people. As such, I feel we can totally ignore Myers-Briggs altogether...

An ISTJ and Intj aspie would differ quite a lot. Both types are detail oriented, but what differs is what they do wth these details.

Could you explain I'm an ISTJ but only the S & T are not very strong; I & J are very strong thou

Im not sure how to explain it. Perhaps reading about both types will clarify the differences..

http://typelogic.com/istj.html

http://typelogic.com/intj.html

But yes they do differ though they would also have a certain amount in common too....

INFP here, but ADHD.

I'm usually an INFP on most tests. It seems to correlate with Asperger's Syndrome symptoms. (Fi, their main function, focuses on their values and inner peace, unlike Fe, which focuses on social norms and caregiving.) Oh, although you don't really know me, do you think INFP fits? I really want to be INFJ, but I'm sure it's for INFP...

I usually get one of the following:

-INFP

-ENFP

-ESFP

I've gotten others too, but I didn't mention them because they don't describe me at all.

Some may say I have ENTP traits though.

I am INTP.

So true.

I'm addicted to taking them as well. I'm a very intrapersonal person.