So how do I confirm if I have AS?

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I don't where to find a specialist who can diagnose AS in adults, and doubt I could afford it even if I did find one.

Do you have insurance? If so, call your insurance company and they usually have a list of providers who are in network that can help you get started. Out of network providers are everywhere and usually require meeting a deductable ( mine was $1500). So without insurance my Psych. was $125 for the first visit and $110 after that. When I meet $1500 my insurance pays 60%. But like I said if you have insurance you can usually be seen for $30 copay. All it takes is a phone call or in my case an e-mail (I hate phones).

Btw galvatron is cool. My handle was almost ultra magnus.

You need to find a Neuropsychologist. They often specialize in a broad area such as dementia, learning disabilities, ADHD, nonverbal learning disabilities, processing disorders, the effects of traumatic brain injury's, autism spectrum. So, in consequence, you may not see Asperger's listed as something they diagnose on a web page, etc, but you can call and confirm that it is something they do diagnose.

The cost is expensive. I was quoted by my therapist that it was between 1,500-2,000. I have an evaluation Monday, which will take 5-6 hours in itself, but is is being covered by insurance so I do not know the exact expense.

To get it covered by insurance it is necessary that you need it for adequate medical/psychiatric care, as they do not see a diagnosis as being in itself necessary under most conditions. So you must convince your insurance company that no normal therapist understands you and is capable of giving you adequate coping skills, or psychiatrist, etc.

And under no circumstance tell them you need the diagnosis to receive special accommodations at work or school, because insurance will not cover a diagnostic test for anything other that for medical reasons. This will automatically get you disqualified for a preauthorization from your insurance.

I dug up an old e-mail that was a reply from my provider when I asked them about the assessment phase. Maybe it will give you an idea of what to expect initially.

"The assessment process varies depending on what you want to get out of it. Usually with adults, I give them several tests to fill out. I also spend a few sessions trying to understand what their life experience is/has been like and what characteristics they have that match up with AS. Because it is a spectrum, I usually spend time talking about the diagnoses  and how it may or may not fit them. If AS is confirmed, then it is best to spend time working through all the implications of the strengths and weaknesses as well as how it has affected you going undiagnosed for so long."

I thought the key phrase there was "what you want to get out of it".

The neurologist thing sounds very complicated to me, and like something an aspie might not want to go through necessarily. 5-6 hours? Lol, I'd rather stay home. Go to any counselor and ask if she knows someone who deals with AS. There are a lot of good resources around. You'll probably get referred to a specialist who might charge $100 a session and might not take insurance. If you don't have the money for it, ask someone in your family for support, or ask the therapist if he could lower his price some due to your financial needs. Figure out how much it matters to you and you could get a diagnosis one way or the other, presumably the one that's right for you.

Wow, by seeing how much a diagnosis can cost, I'm happy to live here where I can see a psy for free. I even have the freedom to see another one since I suspected my first psy to be incompentent with AS.

If you are sure that you have asperger, maybe you could try coaching. I don't think they need a diagnosis to help you and it will surely cost you much less than a neurologist.