having other Disabilities???

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Lazy left eye.

Even though my IQ is above average, I have large discrepancies in some areas, and in college and high school I was also marked as having disabilities with written expression, reading comprehension, and listening comprehension. However, from the research that I've done, I think this all has to do with me being on the autism spectrum. (Even though I've been diagnosed with AS, I sometimes wonder if I'm elsewhere in the spectrum.)

And, I've been diagnosed with mild depression, but mostly because of issues of concentration, self esteem and insecurity.

Also, several psychologists/psychiatrists have come close to diagnosing me with Schizotypal Personality Disorder.

In addition, many of my friends and family members have been telling me that I act like I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Even though I have never been formally diagnosed with it, I am convinced that there is a high chance that I have it, after doing the research that I've done.

(Though, of all these diagnoses, OCD and depression are the only ones that I find truly uncomfortable for me.)

Eating disorder, mild

I think i am undiagnosed with a few things.

My son is almost 11 and has a diagnosis of ASD. He also has ADD, lazy eye (corrected), a crossbite which may require an appliance and possibly braces, scalp issues (like cradle cap on babies), born with hip dysplasia (corrected), mild central sleep apnea, thrown in with a little bit of anxiety.

I had dyspraxia but that got corrected. I had a speech delay but that got corrected. I had problems with stuttering but that got corrected. I had more sensory issues as a kid but that got corrected.

If we're posting other nuisances that are not as disabling as primary issues, I had bunion surgery on my left food, need it on my right. I have scoliosis - 35ish degrees in my lower spine, 15ish degrees in my upper spine. My vision is 20/400 without correction.
Possible auditory processing disorder; getting tested for that next month.

I have vision problems due to keratoconus, mild astma and hand tremors.

Bipolar
Scolosis
AD/HD
epilepsy(?)
OCD
PTSD
dyscalculia
dysgraphia
dyspraxia

I have an anxiety disorder and Dyspraxia.

In addition to AS I have badly healed foot and back injuries, hearing loss, dyspraxia, dyslexia, OCD and I'm currently being evaluated for something that might be fibromyalgia or an autoimmune disease. I used to have clinical depression as well, but have gotten better from it. I also have poor, incorrectable vision in one eye, but I don't really find that disabling because my other eye is good.

This is my current but incomplete list of diagnoses. It looks like a lot but some are linked together.

Parkinsonlike movement disorder (CNS disorder NOS, related to autism), CAPD, hyperacusis, misophonia, epilepsy (complex-partial mostly, well-controlled, in the past have had atonic and myoclonic seizures), chronic daily headache, circadian rhythm sleep disorder (mostly irregular sleep-wake pattern, which is more common among both autistic people and people with real Parkinson's), hypermobility syndrome (with joint pain and all the other stuff), migraine (severe, chronic), asthma, eczema, trigeminal neuralgia, bronchiectasis, severe sleep apnea (mixed central/obstructive), allergies (anaphylaxis to medications, then regular allergies to cats, grass, trees), tendinitis, spastic urethra with urinary retention (successfully treated with an Interstim implant), dysphagia, esophagus spasms, reflux (also exacerbating asthma), early-onset gallbladder disease (with post-choleocystectomy syndrome), chronic severe constipation (multiple hospital/ER visits), neurological motor/muscular disorder (no specific name), occipital neuralgia, straight neck, neck spasms that can lead to pain and/or further spasms going down my right arm, either peripheral neuropathy or central pain, TMJ (skeletal jaw deformity + hypermobility), upper back pain, amenorrhea (with possible premature menopause), chronic nausea, exotropia, supraventricular tachycardia, PTSD. 

I was born with low-grade spina bifida which caused club feet and a bad back. I had correctional surgery so I could walk, and this left me with arthritis, so I can't stand up for long periods of time without hobbling in pain.