asperger and kind of intelligence

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According to Howard Gardner the kinds of intelligence are:
Musical-rhythmic and harmonic


This area has to do with sensitivity to sounds, rhythms, tones, and music. People with a high musical intelligence normally have good pitch and may even have absolute pitch, and are able to sing, play musical instruments, and compose music. They have sensitivity to rhythm, pitch, meter, tone, melody or timbre.

Visual-spatial


This area deals with spatial judgment and the ability to visualize with the mind's eye. Spatial ability is one of the three factors beneath g in the hierarchical model of intelligence.
Verbal-linguistic


People with high verbal-linguistic intelligence display a facility with words and languages. They are typically good at reading, writing, telling stories and memorizing words along with dates. Verbal ability is one of the most g-loaded abilities. This type of intelligence is measured with the Verbal IQ in WAIS-IV.
Logical-mathematical
Further information: Reason

This area has to do with logic, abstractions, reasoning, numbers and critical thinking. This also has to do with having the capacity to understand the underlying principles of some kind of causal system. Logical reasoning is closely linked to fluid intelligence and to general intelligence (g factor).
Bodily-kinesthetic
Further information: Gross motor skill and Fine motor skill

The core elements of the bodily-kinesthetic intelligence are control of one's bodily motions and the capacity to handle objects skilfully. Gardner elaborates to say that this also includes a sense of timing, a clear sense of the goal of a physical action, along with the ability to train responses.

People who have high bodily-kinesthetic intelligence should be generally good at physical activities such as sports, dance, acting, and making things.

Gardner believes that careers that suit those with high bodily-kinesthetic intelligence include: athletes, dancers, musicians, actors, builders, police officers, and soldiers. Although these careers can be duplicated through virtual simulation, they will not produce the actual physical learning that is needed in this intelligence.
Interpersonal


In theory, individuals who have high interpersonal intelligence are characterized by their sensitivity to others' moods, feelings, temperaments, motivations, and their ability to cooperate in order to work as part of a group. According to Gardner in How Are Kids Smart: Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, "Inter- and Intra- personal intelligence is often misunderstood with being extroverted or liking other people..." Those with high interpersonal intelligence communicate effectively and empathize easily with others, and may be either leaders or followers. They often enjoy discussion and debate. Gardner has equated this with emotional intelligence of Goleman."

Gardner believes that careers that suit those with high interpersonal intelligence include sales persons, politicians, managers, teachers, lecturers, counselors and social workers.
Intrapersonal
Further information: Introspection

This area has to do with introspective and self-reflective capacities. This refers to having a deep understanding of the self; what one's strengths or weaknesses are, what makes one unique, being able to predict one's own reactions or emotions.
Naturalistic

Not part of Gardner's original seven, naturalistic intelligence was proposed by him in 1995. "If I were to rewrite Frames of Mind today, I would probably add an eighth intelligence - the intelligence of the naturalist. It seems to me that the individual who is readily able to recognize flora and fauna, to make other consequential distinctions in the natural world, and to use this ability productively (in hunting, in farming, in biological science) is exercising an important intelligence and one that is not adequately encompassed in the current list." This area has to do with nurturing and relating information to one's natural surroundings. Examples include classifying natural forms such as animal and plant species and rocks and mountain types. This ability was clearly of value in our evolutionary past as hunters, gatherers, and farmers; it continues to be central in such roles as botanist or chef.

This sort of ecological receptiveness is deeply rooted in a "sensitive, ethical, and holistic understanding" of the world and its complexities – including the role of humanity within the greater ecosphere.
Existential


Gardner did not want to commit to a spiritual intelligence, but suggested that an "existential" intelligence may be a useful construct, also proposed after the original 7 in his 1999 book. The hypothesis of an existential intelligence has been further explored by educational researchers.

personaly I have more developed the logical-mathematical intelligence and after that I thing that I have spatial intelligence

As usual, this system seems to have the world neatly divided and analyzed, but other systems do it with more or fewer boxes. The thing to ask is if seeing these groups helps you understand the world in a useful, fluid way. For me, IQ vs EQ was more germane.

I'm pretty much verbal-linguistic.

Gardner's system isn't perfect....but it's better than most, and should be used more in assessing children.

I'm good with animals
training them i mean

Visual-Spatial - I have a sort of sixth sense, where I sometimes zone out when walking about (or daydream) and somehow my brain or subconscious takes over and does a certain task better than what I would be able to do consciously.

Logical-Mathematical - back at school I only ever excelled at maths, but that was put to waste when they dropped me to the lowest class due to being slow at making calculations. Slow learning and maths I suppose don't work well together. However logic I seem to be failing at when in programming its probably the most basic principle to wrap your mind around; or maybe programming is so devoid of logic its why I cannot focus on it.

Existential - dunno if its related but I question my existence occasionally and go into a deep realisation and belief that we happen to be born by chance (not created by a sentient entity) and what could have made us think the way we do.

My thoughts are mainly in words, pure emotions, and vague images. Reading and writing were my strengths in school. For my gross motor skills, mine are not impaired. I used to be physically hyperactive as a kid.

Can a person have good fine motor skills but poor gross motor skills? I can make crafts and my handwriting is readable - for a lefty, anyway - but don't expect me to catch a baseball or hit one with a bat. And the only thing I'm good at throwing is a fit.

Reading, writing, and art have always been my strengths while math has been my greatest weakness. I've even played a game of chess and I don't think I would enjoy it much because I'm not even good at checkers and I get bored very easily. I'm pretty good at Scrabble, though.

Verbal-linguistic, than visual-spatial. I'm very good at propositional logic but only slightly above average in math.

I wrote an essay on this subject.
Personally, I think I score liek this

Musical-rhythmic and harmonic: Low - I don't understand music very well and am not very sensitive to pitch rythm etc.
Visual-spatial: Extremely Low - I have Aphantasia. also In general I tend to score low-average on spatial reasoning tests and I only can score kind of okay scores because, I really think them through and go about it logically not spatially. But that's not really using spatial intelligence.
Verbal-linguistic: High - I am good at reading and writing when I want to be whenever i write essays and stuff I usually get top marks. I can also be quite eloquent when i want to be the problem is most of the time these days it isn't really worth the effort to try to be.
Logical-mathematical: High - I have scored high on iq tests in the past
Bodily-kinesthetic: Low - I have poor motor skills and understanding of motor stuff in general
Interpersonal: Low-Medium? - Social skill problems, but I also think that with regards to those social skill problems i think i'm pretty good with it. I've also gotten better at empathizing with people over the last couple years.
Intrapersonal: Extremely low - There is dissociation between alot fo things related to me and my identity
Naturalist: Low? - I don't realy understand how i'd rank myself on this but, I Guess part of the thing is I'm not often in situations where i could even use this skill..
Existential Intelligence: Unclear - I do tend to think existential questions based on the inherent nature of reality but how exactly would you grade yourself on things that have no answer? Or is it based


"What is Existential Intelligence? In its essence, existential intelligence is the ability to use intuition, thought and meta-cognition to ask (and answer) deep questions about human existence.