What symtoms of Autism do you still have?

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I condensed the DSM's list.

Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity
* Failure of back-and-forth conversation
* Reduced sharing of interests
* Limited range or emotions and affect

I've learned over the years to be a better listener, ask the other person questions and not make the conversation about me. I've learned to be more emotional, expressive and responsive to other people's emotions. I don't think I meet this criteria anymore.

Deficits in nonverbal communicative
* Eye contact
* Body language
* Gestures
* Facial expressions

I'm much better at these things, especially eye contact. I prefer to read people through tone of voice (and level of commitment) instead of body language, but I've improved these things overall. I don't think I meet this criteria anymore.

Deficits in relationships
* Developing them
* Maintaining them
* Understanding them
* Adjusting behaviors to suit context
* Absence of interest in peers

This is mixed bag. I am interested in making friends and I am able to adjust to the situation. I know when to be serious and when not to be overly serious. I still am shy and still have had trouble making friends. I generally understand my relationships. I maintained some of my relationships. Others, I've broken apart from due to both our priorities changing. I meet some of the criteria.

Restrictiveness
* Repetitive motor movements, and/or speech
* Ritualized patterns and behaviors
* Rigid thinking, aversion to change
* Fixated interests with abnormal focus
* Hypersensitivity to stimuli

These are the criteria I still meet the most of. I do have rituals (from OCD). I do engage in repetitive patterns. I've been pushing myself to change more, though I still fear change. I have improve my rigid thinking though, and I'm more open minded. I still have some obsessive interests, but I've expanded my tastes. I'm watching different genres of movies, reading about topics I've never read before, trying hobbies I haven't tried before. I am a bit hypersensitive to things.

Reduced sharing of interests.

Eye contact (though I've gotten much better with this after all these years).

Body language. People are often quick to point out that I misread them.

Relations are a huge issue for me. At 53 years old I'm a near virgin. Had sex with one person, a guy, just once, about 17 years ago or so. No true steady relationships (the pseudo ones were based on me buying people drinks and/or drugs), maintaining and understanding relations are a problem. I don't know what adjusting behaviours to suit context means. I have very little, if no, contact with my peer group. We're just into totally different things; I can't relate to them and they can't relate to me.

Repetitive speech, though not excessively repetitive.

Rigid thinking, aversion to change. These two items are extremely strong with me to the point of affecting my life in very negative ways (losing jobs, becoming homeless). Also, I only have one pair of pants, one shirt, and one pair of shoes, all of which I wear every single day until they start falling apart. Some people hate when I write and talk in the 3rd person and want me to change that. Yep, I'll change. When I'm dead.

Fixated interests. Yep, that's me. Wanna hear about the history of torture and execution during the dark ages or a listing of the excessively goriest horror movies known to man? Wanna have a gander at my classical music collection whose focus is symphonies, symphonic poems and piano sonatas from the Romantic era by about 460 composers?

Hypersensitivity to stimuli. This is not as bad as some people. Loud noises do make me jump out of skin and the sunlight makes my eyes water.

Failure of back-and-forth conversation (I can manage a conversation for a while, but then I get stuck.)
Eye contact, body language, gestures, and facial expressions (I've certainly improved at these things, but still.)
Developing relationships (I don't know how to make friends on my own.)
Absence of interest in peers (I don't know their names, what they look like, what they wear, or what they talk about.)
Repetitive motor movements (Rocking back and forth, playing with my hair, and touching my face. However, I don't flap my arms anymore.)
Ritualized patterns and behaviors (I'd say this one has gotten worse!)
Rigid thinking, aversion to change (I do not cope well with change at all.)
Fixated interests with abnormal focus (My obsession with Japan, and some smaller obsessions.)
Hypersensitivity to stimuli (Covering my ears when I hear loud sounds, closing my eyes or covering them when it is too bright.)

I've only recently self diagnosed myself so still discovering what's what...

I identify massively with much of the criteria; most notably the social difficulties and the reciprocation issues. I watch the way others interact and naturally socialise and chat with each other (and seem to want to rather than doing it because they have to), and I'm just baffled.

When my best friend calls me (known him nearly 30 years) and says he's just calling "to catch up" I think "Well, please don't" and then can't wait for the conversation to end, which doesn't tend to take too long. He'll keep it going for a bit and I'll try not to seem uninterested. I don't really want to hear what's going on for him or tell him what's happening with me.

I struggle a lot less than I used to with change, probably because there's been so much in my life over the last few years, but that said I like to know what's what and no where I stand and don't like surprises.

Where I least identify is with the repetitiveness; rituals etc.

Self discovery; I guess it's a fact of life for everyone

ugh most of them

I'd say I've gotten better at eye contact and body language somewhat, I try smile when I look at people and I try to pay attention to their body language(my own is a work in progress to say the least) in response to it and I do notice a difference. Now maybe they just think I'm an insane person and don't want to set me off but it seems to put people at ease at least compared to the usual stone face or mean mug.

Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity
* Failure of back-and-forth conversation
* Reduced sharing of interests
* Limited range or emotions and affect

I'd say reduced sharing interests and limited range of emotions however failure of back and forth conversation varies, I can but its limited.

Deficits in nonverbal communicative
* Eye contact
* Body language
* Gestures
* Facial expressions

All 4

Deficits in relationships
* Developing them
* Maintaining them
* Understanding them
* Adjusting behaviors to suit context
* Absence of interest in peers

All except the last one, I always had a intrest in my peers I just can't relate to them.

Restrictiveness
* Repetitive motor movements, and/or speech
* Ritualized patterns and behaviors
* Rigid thinking, aversion to change
* Fixated interests with abnormal focus
* Hypersensitivity to stimuli

Ritualized patterns and behaviours,
Rigid thinking
Fixated intrests
Hypersensitivity