Would this count against being Aspergic ?

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Not being good at puzzles and having poor visuospatial ability.

I'm useless at puzzles, and I was diagnosed.

I'm ok at most puzzles but am truly terrible at anagrams and words with missing letters. If a combination of letters does not represent the word accurately (all the letters present and in the correct order) then my brain just says that it's gibberish and cannot decode it. I'm completely screwed on the final, anagram round of "Only Connect"

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Not really. Aspergers is about spending more energy in certain areas instead of distributing the energy to see smaller parts of a bigger picture. That does not contradict being good at puzzles or visual abilities.

"Count against being aspergic"?

Are you asking if its evidence against you having aspergers? Or for it?


Was dxd and I did have some issues with that test in seeing patterns in pictures with geometric figures.

But don't know if that's evidence one way or the other.


However some folks have suggested that we should go back to the old way of thinking: and treat aspergers and high functioning autism as two separate things. The folks who suggest that do so because they say that HFA folks are spatially advanced but verbally impaired, and that aspies are the opposite (little professors who can give lectures at age 8, but cant tie their shoes at that age. Which actually - describes me at 8 pretty well).

I am terrible at spatial tasks, but I have other strong indicators of Asperger's, even though I'm not formally diagnosed.

I was asking if it was evidence against. I am ok at word puzzles but not other kinds .
I had heard that those with aspergers are good visuospatially.

Puzzles have nothing to do with apergers diagnoses.

Being naturally social, good at picking up on social cues, good therory of mind and self awareness. Maintaining healthy eye contact, having no problems communicating wants or needs, having no issues with sensory input (either unsentitive or sensitive) being able to adapt well to a changing enviroment and routines, being able to accept change in a healthy way, good at maintaining independence such as personal hygiene and work.

No, I kind of suck at puzzles, and my visuospatial IQ is only 94 (compared to my verbal IQ at 134.) Having a terrible sense of direction and a poor spatial awareness are actually relatively common among autistics.

No. While there are some very common symptoms, not every aspie has all of them or even any of them. We're a diverse bunch.

I'm not good at that stuff either but that may be partly cuz of my dyslexia & other learning disabilities

Startrekker,

You sound a lot like me. I have a high verbal I.Q. (120s-140s on most tests), but I am terrible at spatial tasks. I completely froze on the block design portion of the Weschler test, bringing my overall I.Q. down to the average range. I didn't think that test was representative of my true skills. I also got lost in familiar surroundings a couple of times when driving. I felt awful and humiliated.

Not only am I not good at jigsaw puzzles, but thanks to A$ I can't even stand the sight of a puzzle pattern anymore. Like that puzzle pattern carpeting in my Sims games, I don't even want to decorate kids' bedrooms with
it now.

I might not be able to solve a 5000-piece jigsaw puzzle or play chess, but when I was four I did once draw an accurate picture of a hospital I went to when I had my tonsils out. At least that's what my mother said, I vaguely remember drawing it but I wish she'd saved that picture.