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detour12
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13 Jun 2015, 5:24 pm

Hi i was answering yes to if i was delayed in math and reading



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13 Jun 2015, 6:15 pm

There is, unfortunately, no forum on this planet or any other that can tell you if you have autism.

If you want to know you should talk to your doctor. You could seek a second opinion if you want to.



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13 Jun 2015, 8:57 pm

JoelFan wrote:
What are the traits of PDD-NOS?

DSM-IV Criteria Pervasive Developmental Disorders (also known as Autism Spectrum Disorders)
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299.80 Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS)

This category should be used when there is a severe and pervasive impairment in the development of reciprocal social interaction or verbal and nonverbal communication skills, or when stereotyped behavior, interests, and activities are present, but the criteria are not met for a specific pervasive developmental disorder, schizophrenia, schizotypal personality disorder, or avoidant personality disorder. For example, this category includes "atypical autism" --presentations that do not meet the criteria for autistic disorder because of late age of onset, atypical symptomatology, or subthreshold symptomatology, or all of these.


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13 Jun 2015, 10:45 pm

detour12 do you know if your doctor did the ADOS-2 and/or SRS-2 tests?


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15 Jun 2015, 4:25 pm

detour12 wrote:
Hi i took a neuropsych test

but what delays do autism people have ?


Depends what you mean. People with Autism have found to have a 10 second delay on thoughts (diagnosing psych told me this).

(Interesting Anecdote: If you watch Gulliver's Travels (Ted Dansen) the horses have a 10 second delay (social choice ) which allows them to come to better answers to questions.)



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16 Jun 2015, 8:24 am

Speech delays are quite common, but not so much in Aspergers. Non autistics can have speech delays too, so it is not that easy to say.
There are no "absolutes" - no unmistakable "signs" to go by. Most of what AS people and other autistc groups have - others have too. It depends on combination, degrees and a lot of other things - and it has to be evaluated by a professional.
Another thing is, that you/we/humans cannot evaluate ourselves, as we can´t observe our selves from the objective angle.
See a pro, if it is important for you to know.


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