What other disabillities do you have?

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PTSD, reoccurring Major Depression or rather multiple major depressive episodes...so chronic depression, Generalized Anxiety(I has that before the PTSD, probably made me more susceptible).

Also this isn't exactly a real 'disability' I don't think but too heat sensitive, when its hot out in the summer it just drains me at a much quicker rate than it seems to do to other people...not to mention makes me feel nauseous, brain dead and really screws with my appetite.

Myopia and astigmatism, though both are completely corrected by glasses so not sure they count.

I'm also anxious pretty much constantly but it's not believed I need medication for it, but it was picked up on. Same with my senses. Both are thought to be part of autism though.

I'm pretty lucky in that it ends there, to my knowledge.

Enough with anxiety: perfectly normal adaptation to Aspergers.
I'm a type 1 diabetic - one of the few positive co- dependencies with autism. Yes, it'll kill you if you take your eye off the ball, but that's what autism's for.
I'm deaf too, which helped me through a half century of undiagnosed autism.

Bad eyesight: with glasses on, anything farther away than arm's length is difficult. Even looking at the screen right now isn't 100% crisp clear vision. It's double frustrating combined with my lack of social knowledge because I can't even tell who is walking into my direction and guess what their facial expression might tell me, because I can't even see.
People who know me probably think I'm rude because I don't greet them when they're in a car 95% of the time, and when they're walking past me, I either only greet on the last moment or awkwardly after realizing that they greeted me and that it's them.

OCD, depression

-OCD (it's treatable to some extent, so it's not that bad for me)
-PTSD (stuff with my father and some violent encounters)
-been diagnosed with some other stuff, but I think it's the ASD doing that

I seem to be pretty good physically.

-Have AVNRT (heartbeat jumps up to 250 BPM now and again due to a bypass circuit in my heart); this actually precludes me from operating large machinery, ironically, so I'd call it a disability for that reason

Major depression - I take meds for it.
Anxiety - it's not so bad these days so I've stopped taking my meds for it.
High blood pressure - I take meds for it because I also had a stroke a few years ago.
Gout in my feet and knees which flares up intermittently.
PTSD - I take meds for it.
Sleep paralysis - I take meds for it.

ADHD and Club foot.

my foot was partially reconstructed when I was 6 months old, and now sometime in the future I will get it completely reconstructed. I've been putting it off for all these years because I'm afraid of needles and not being able to do anything during recovery. I realized I needed to get it completely reconstructed when I decided to do a 5 mile walk one day and my foot hurt for a whole month afterwards (no exaggeration) and the monday after that I had PE ..... just my luck.

I also wear glasses - I'm not sure what eyesight condition I have (it's actually pretty mild) but for some reasons, glasses just help me to see everything clearer.

I also suspect that I have some kind of math-related LD, too.

Other conditions besides Autism/Asperger's:
Narcolepsy - a sleep disorder. I fall asleep during the day doing normal activities, enter REM dream sleep state fast (under 20minutes?), with vivid dreams being remembered when you wake up. A considerable number of people who are not diagnosed are called lazy, etc. before being professionally diagnosed. Also inadvisable to drive-some people with narcolepsy do, but I don't feel comfortable about the idea of me behind the wheel anyway. I take naps and meds to keep me awake during the day.
Some sort of speech problem - not diagnosed but it's hard to understand me sometimes.
Asthma - it might be exercise-induced. Mild.
Scoliosis-a straight spine instead of S curve. I do back exercises. Some people need surgery for it.
Near-sighted -very poor vision.
Depression-it happens in NTs too at some point in life. Not clinical depression thankfully.

Hopefully, there aren't any more surprises. I only got diagnosed with Asperger's recently, narcolepsy was diagnosed early as a kid, and scoliosis when I was a teen. That's one of the issues with being adopted-especially in international closed adoptions - is that you probably do not have access to any family history medical records. Then again I am lucky to have grown up here considering the US has advantages for disabled persons, unlike in South Korea.

A rare low vision disorder that causes me to be extremely nearsighted, have some colorblindness & light sensitivity.
Essential Tremors. I sometimes shake when doing things with fine motor-skills or nervous or frustrated.
Skin eczema that I mostly outgrew in my teens.
Allergies & sinus problems.
Dyslexia
ADD
OCD that's well managed with meds
Generalized Anxiety & Panic disorder that's well managed with meds.
A possible delusional disorder that's alittle better on a med.
I've been through a bad psychotic depression but I've been over that for years now & don't need meds for it.
Occasional Restless Leg syndrome but I started taking Vitamin E & am hoping that will prevent it.
GERD(Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease) that's alot better on a med.