Adult Autism Disorder Diagnosis

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Hi there, I am 26 Female who went in today for an assessment/diagnosis for or against aspergers or autism spectrum. Well I went in fairly certain I was text book Aspie. I even made a 4 page list of each single "issue" i have. At the end of some questioning, the dr told me she would need to know two things before diagnosing me: how old I was when I began speaking in 2-3 word sentences, and how old I was when I was potty trained.

She then told me she was looking at Autism Disorder which she said is a specific diagnosis itself and NOT on the spectrum. How does that work? What does that mean? I wanted to know if it was less or more severe than Aspergers, she said it was more severe. I am shocked, I thought if I were an aspie, I would have a mild/upper mild case.

however, I am not sure, but I believe my potty training and language formation was not delayed, will that then relegate me to Aspergers?

God I just want a check by check list and then a clear cut answer TODAY. Sadly now I have to wait another two weeks.

Professionals tend to diagnose adults with Asperger's, even if they really should be diagnosed with "autistic disorder.". So, it may be a case of your professional being more on the ball than most (rather than you being much worse than average).

OTOH, if you flat out don't meet the critera for "autistic disorder," that would be confusing. There is a way to qualify for AD without delayed speech, but I'm blanking out on the critera (and need to do some things right now). Maybe someone else can post on that.