Do I have as?

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themonkey, I had tons of symptoms before I was 11...sorry

get a professional diagnosis and accept the final answer

What kind of sympthoms children that have VERY mild as sympthoms usually have? Can I have as traits without having as syndrome?

What kind of SOME symthoms?

Im sure I didn't had any obsessions or rigid routine or resist to change. I wasn't ''little professor'', I didn't spoke in formal way, my motor skills where good, I was one of the best soccer player, I had a lot of friends, I didn't had any sensory exept I didn't liked too tight clothes, I didn't collect things a lot. I didn't took things literally exept one time.

Maybe I had one trait and it's that I was stubborn. Is it possible that I had too mild symthoms to remember. Maybe I had all of the above in so mild form that I don't remember it

And as a child I wantew to be best in everything. I think it is as trait. I've been asking my parents about my childhood and they really do not remember me having as traits as a child.

From 12 yo I had rigid routins with gym, big obsessions with one band and perfektionism. In puberty age I was lefted alone thought I didn't wanted to. I was socially akward and Im now. And Im clumsy now and do not pick up social clues and I can't be in social situations normally.

WTF!? I got asperger virus from my 11 years birthcace?

Well, the thing with pervasive developmental disorders... is that they're exactly that.
Pervasive: you have symptoms in many areas.
Developmental: you develop differently in those areas - so you can't just develop normally for 11 years and then suddenly stop (well... you can, I'm sure, but that wouldn't meet the definition of an autism spectrum disorder).
Disorder: the symptoms/differences affect your life in some way, all along.

You should, if possible, check with relatives or old records (school reports and such) regarding your childhood behavior. But if you don't recall or have evidence of AS behavior in childhood, and your assessor now in adulthood also believes you don't have AS, maybe that isn't the right answer for you.

Could it be that you have one of the personality or integration disorders that shares many characteristics with PDDs? It doesn't have to be AS - and you don't need to feel bad if it isn't - it's not like there are "better" and "worse" diagnoses... the only thing that matters is that you get the right answer and the right help, even if it isn't what you initially thought you had.

And it's not like WP will kick you out if you don't have AS. If you still need/want the help and support, then it's still here.

many people have traits from the different ASDs but dont have enough traits to be diagnosed with the label,if they have quite a few they're classed as 'on the spectrum',or 'ASD' and some get PDDNOS diagnosed.
ASDs by definition of developmental cannot be too late onset,they are from birth or early toddler/childhood.

aspies will have it just as early,even if it is not recognised as early,as there is not the same level of traits and severity as with other ASDs,it can take until the aspie is at school amongst regular NTs to realise there's differences.
with adult aspies who have grown up without the label,their parents would probably remember the differences and difficulties their child had even though they didnt realise thats what they were the first time around.

try to get as much developmental history off family and others [eg,family doctor,schools,family friends etc] to see if they remember anything different,what ever they say,it's good stuff to have if going to see a pysch/.