Any connection between dyslexia and aspergers ?

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Although not diagnosed (probably due to a move abroad plus a lack of interest from the school) with dyslexia but certainly have it as does my dad who is diagnosed. I'm left handed too if that is of relevance.

I also suspect I'm mildly aspergic, probably too borderline to have a 100% diagnosis and by now I know enough to sway most test ether way as phsyco tests don't work on me i see through them (I scored 26 on the apsie test site which is borderine and means I could well be diagnosed and i had to consider carefully my answers and not try to influence the result).

Is dyslexia connected to asperges ? do they go hand in hand or does dyslexia has some common symptoms ? I am definitely socially awkward (I find the usual overly positive bullshitting hard to accomplish)

It is not that simple. You may have dyslexia and have asperger. For example if you have right brain preference. Your right brain will be dominant. That means you maybe good at things other people are not. Brain is far more complicated. Asperger is linked to your life. Usually there are many more problems associated with Asperger than with dyslexia.

Yes I'm aware that asperges is more complex and of course is a much wider spectrum than dyslexia. While i know I'm probably dyslexic I seem to have some of the symptoms of asperges but then I am not sure how mach of the symptoms I may have outgrown/learnt to work around.

I lived in the UK until I was 10 and then we moved abroad so it's hard to find comparisons between me and "normal" as none of my upbrining has been "normal"

Am I spelling asperges correctly ? google chrome keeps underlining it.

I have Asperger's and I've always been the polar opposite of dyslexic so I don't think there's a connection. In fact it's math and numbers I always had a bad time with. Maybe I'm mathlexic?

your probably dyspraxic then which is like dyslexia but relates to numbers and spatial awareness (finding your way around, maps etc). You may have both. I am also easily confused by maths, I can do most maths with patience but as soon as I'm put under pressure I can screw numbers up good and proper.

I have been diagnosed as dyslexic and introverted with autistic traits in childhood, then having asperger's when I was 21. I still deal with these "perspectives" in my daily life and learned to make my "shortcomings" an advantage. I Consider myself as a person of "broad" horizons

Likewise, generally so broad people cannot take the full view in one go as most people only see their point of view and ignore uncomfortable truths whereas i just cut through and lay it out bare. I'm often tottaly misunderstood because people are narrow minded and only give the most immediate interpretation to what i say.

For example i prefer to communicate by writing like emails and forums as it gives me time to hone on exactly what i want to say and reread many times until it is perfect, something that I can't do in speech as once it's out that is it. My "writing skills" got some appreciation at work and apparently contributed to my promotion, but maybe they misinterpreted my overall skills due to me having that one (no one would have known how long i spent on some emails that got a favorable result for the company but then being bold as brass too in what I had to say despite after much reviewing making sure it was "poloite" resolved many a problem - I was a quality inspector)

The term for that is Dyscalcula. I completely relate to this statement.