regression in childhood

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First I got diagnosed with Aspergers but it got changed into Autistic Disorder later, as my parents remembered after the first diagnosis that I regressed in speech age two years old.
I did not talk until 1.5 years at all and then started to speak and at age 2 I regressed to being non-verbal again.
I regained speech age 4/5, but I never spoke a lot and still do not speak a lot (mutism).
Some people I am very familiar with I can speak some more to than to people I don't know or only know a little where I mute.
Is it typical for Aspergers or is it typical for classis autism or is it typical for PDD-NOS?
I had a great delay in overall development and self-help-skills and still do.
I cannot live independantly and can only do little work for people who know I am autistic and take it into account.

Hi, well, first off, you write pretty well for someone who speaks English as a second language. I mean, certainly better than I'd write Spanish, the only other language besides English that I'm a little familiar with.

I think in general a period of language regression is more likely a part of classic autism.

And I do wonder if in some cases children regress because parents stress too much and invest too much emotion when the child does speak.

I learn a lot regarding the English language from reading in this forum, it is a big help.
I look up all the words I don't know and I use linguee for it.
It's an online dictionary.
My partner identifies with the Broader Autism Phenotype and he does have traits.
He regressed from normally speaking until age 6 into very severe stuttering and there was no physical cause found.
Now he stutters still a little bit.
He wonders if his stuttering is the cause of his autistic traits or if he regressed because of having autistic traits.
Could there be any correlation to regress into stuttering having autistic traits as defined in BAP?

Regressive autism might be its own subtype. Regressive autism is most associated with big brain size during an early developmental period. Study has shown that big brain growth occurs months before the behavioral regressions become obvious.

First I need to translate the English language words into native language words and then into pictures to make sense and then into Wikipedian-explanation if necessarily needed or from pictures into native language words into English language words.