Can you have Asperger's if...

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...If you do not get any strong sensory issues? I tend to be sensitive towards brightness and certain smells but otherwise I'm unbothered by anything else, also sounds are annoying. Is this considered to be sensory issues? They tend to impair me from functioning properly in the daily life.

...If you know how a conversation works, I do kinda know when it's appropriate to talk but I don't know what to talk about if it's something unintresting. I think I'm good at this. Does this exclude me from getting tested for Aspergers?

I can read facial expressions, but there's a downside. I'm usually a paranoidic person so I will have a difficult time indentifying positive emotions, I'm good at indentifying negative ones. I have a mediocre emotional intelligence because of this, a bit below average.

I do not stim. I might stim if I feel hyperactive but that's about it. I don't really stim when I'm stressed, I might do repetitive movements with my feet, like hitting the ground a bit. This does not impair me in any way.

And this one that might be unrelated to Autism. Education, I usually get bad grades because I'm a procrastinator and I work spontaniously whenever I feel like, which is rarely. So I never get anything done until deadline. Is this common for you?

Bad verbal comprehension, not that you're bad at verbally communicating but that it's difficult for you to understand other people because of some certain neurological impairements. I can't memorize what people are saying meaning I have a bad listening comprehension. Is this common for you?

Sorry if this has already been posted.

Based on this information, is there a probability that I may have asperger's or is it very low? I've had these traits since I was born, besides the conversation part, I was bad at that because I never liked to communicate.

My psychologist do not think that I have it based on the information I shared with him, probably because I was not specific enough.

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You could show your psychologist what you wrote here.

Over sensitivity to brightness and sounds are sensory issues.
Being socially quite good does not exclude anybody from being tested for AS or having it.

Most people stim a little when stressed.
Bad listening comprehension could be a trait. Procastination often is.

NB! Your not liking communication seems a logical consequence of your bad listening comprehension.
That one could seriously handicap you in future education, so I think, that an AS and learning disability test is absolutely relevant.
Auditive processing problems are often seen in those conditions.

You may or may not have AS, or have a learning disability - or be hyper sensitive, which have strong likenesses to AS, but without the handicaps.

If the problem you have with sound is psychological rather than hearing it, that?s not a sensory issue. (For instance I?m not a people person, and people making noise annoy me, but just seeing people makes me feel the same way when I don?t hear them, so it?s being aware of their presence that makes me annoyed; I really prefer to alone, family not included). But if it?s the sound itself that bothers you, that is a sensory issue. Although some sounds are hard for most people. I have never met anyone who liked the vuvuzuela, for instance.
The only times I?m sensitive to smells, light or sounds at all is when I have a headache, and especially migraine (which also makes me nauseous and dizzy).
The only sensory issues I have is some food issues, as in being particular about what I like and how I want it prepared, but that has never been overwhelming and once the food is either forced down or replaced with something I like, the problem is over. I can?t relate at all to threads I see here where people talk about one bad sensory input ruining their day and triggering meltdowns.
I think it?s interesting that Asperger didn?t talk about sensory issues at all. I have known NTs (and I'm absolutely sure they were NT) who had sensory issues with particular sounds or textures, or even generally sound sensitive.


I don?t think so. I also know when I?m supposed to speak, I just can?t come up with anything to say, even if I don't find it uninteresting.


I have never been blind to facial expressions, I could read several even in my preschool years. I can?t read them all though. I too am better at picking up negativity both in expressions and behavior.


Someone on here said that stimming means movements made to deal with sensory overload. Going by that definition I do not stim and never have.
I can flap my hands in excitement, and wring them in anxiety (and also pace). Mostly I fidget with things when I?m lost in thought or bored.


I procrastinate a lot, no matter what I do. I still got good grades in subjects where I was strong though, but AS messed up for me to some degree, like when there were written assignments and I wasn?t interested in the topics, or when we were to (yawn) look for symbolism. I?m only interested in the literal interpretation in fiction, and I just find the "what it really means" topics and people very annoying. When I wrote stories there was nothing to interpret there. It was a fictional story about the topic it was about. Nothing more, nothing less.
I usually don't have problems with expressions/ figures of speech though.


I am lousy with oral instructions (and not too good with new things at all, even with written instructions), and I have poor short term memory. I can usually easily remember what people tell me though (especially things that aren?t said in a professional setting), it just needs to reach my long term memory.


No way of knowing. Plus the ?experts? look for different things and can be in strong disagreement with each other in regards to what someone has.

agreed.
I would like to add that your procrastination may not be procrastination/laziness but demand avoidance (anxiety) or executive dysfunction

You sound very similar to me, so yes you could have aspergers.

1) I have learned how to communicate and understand emotions by working in sales since my early teens and studying people. I can perform very well when I have a "script" (Though still exhausting over time) but when I'm not interested in a topic or my mind is blank (which is VERY common) I can barely speak... I almost come off as a mute in these situations.

For example... I'll be able to talk about work issues and random facts I like to share extensively with co-workers, whom seem to be enjoying the information, but when we switch to hockey or sports I'm lost and go blank... then they wonder what the hell happened to me cause I was yapping a mile a minute just seconds before.

2) For the longest time I never thought I had a stim... then after learning about aspergers I noticed how often I tap my fingers on surfaces and tap my feet to music or noise patterns to relieve stress. I just didn't put it together. I also twitch my face and lips when I'm really overstimulated and can't let it out.

3) I am very sensitive to light. I always thought this was normal (People wear sunglasses during the day right? So it must be common?) But then I caught on to just how much it affected me. I physically cannot open both eyes on a sunny day without sunglasses. I can barely squint one eye open enough to see. Bright inside lights and fluorescent lighting kill me and makes it incredibly difficult to concentrate and process information.

When I force myself to concentrate and act normal in fluorescent/bright light settings I feel like I'm on acid the way everything becomes white washed together.

Don't force the diagnosis but don't rule it out!