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Not that I know of, but maybe.
I will probably go for a reevaluation in a couple of years when i can afford to.
But thanks for your insight and good wishes. I may just start posting here again. The people seem friendlier nowadays.

Yes. A lot of the mean people have gone away. But every once in a while one crawls out of their cave and tries to gobble you up. Mean people suck.

lol true true.

After a LOT of thought, I have come to the conclusion that my diagnosis was probably right for the most part. I'm not very far into the spectrum to begin with, and have learned to cope very well, but I have noticed a few little things about myself.
To begin with, I think I don't care a little too much, but will leave that at that. Secondly, from some self observation I have realized that when I am talking to someone who is maybe 2 feet or less away from me, I have no clue what to do with my eyes, where to look, how long to look, ect.
Also remembering back to my childhood, I was an extremely odd and temperamental little kid. I obsessed over cars, collecting and reading books about them, learning every make and model, and I had more hotwheels than anyone I've ever known. But they had to be hot wheels. I got extremely upset when my dad brought me a matchbox car one time, and he decided not to make that mistake again. There's a few other things from my childhood that could be added, but this one sticks out most in my mind. Also I do tend to have trouble with (sexual/romantic) relationships. Also, I'm way too honest. People have kind of learned to word questions differently when asking me. They don't always want to know the honest answer, but I have also learned honesty is not always the best policy. There's a few other things, but I believe these to be the main ones.

Wikipedia, the veritable tome of all knowledge, says that about 20% of all people who had AS as a child 'grow out' of it when they reach adulthood. I find it hard to believe that, but it is true that some children who had mild AS can function almost as if they're normal when they grow up. Maybe you're just a very borderline case - after all, the Autistic Spectrum is one long continuum, and the dividing line between autistic and neurotypical is blurry.

Still, you could get a re-evaluation just to see what the experts think