What my psychiatrist said.

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She commented that I present more like classic autism than Asperger's.

Can someone describe what, in detail, this implies?

NB: I have regained the ability to speak, but I prefer not to as I get my words confused, I have totally monotonous tone, I keep having to stop mid-sentence to mentally process the speech (which takes time and a lot of effort) and people still get confused when I speak.

It doesn't mean anything, you're the person you are. And you have autism spectrum disorder (btw which is not a bad thing )

It basically refers to the severity of your symptoms; your difficulty with speech is definitely more classically autistic than Asperger's, since aspies, by definition, frequently have above average verbal abilities, even if they can't use them to converse appropriately. Your other symptoms, such as stimming, meltdowns or lack of eye-contact may also be more severe than is normally found in AS, and if your interests are more object-based than information-based (obsessing over lightbulbs rather than collecting facts about trains for example) that might also be indicative of a more severely autistic neurology. You'd have to ask your psychiatrist for specifics though.

Thanks.