What is the likelyhood that I have Asperger Syndrome?

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My mother feels somewhat convinced I have this condition. I do not believe I have it, but then I really don't know.
I checked out the criterias for this condition, most notably the lack of social skills and awareness of body language, that kind of thing, but I personally have great social skills aswell as a great ability to read people. Another thing is that people with this condition tend to be excellent at maths, physics, that kind of thing, where's I really have to think about basic add and subtracting LOL, and I really don't know the first thing about physics or the sciences, they are my weakest subjects. Music is an interest of mine, but I am more of a feeling player, I dislike music theory and took the longest time to be able to understand it, again with the mathamatics of it. My interests are celebrity culture, history, and women, and outside of that, there's very little I am interested in or obsess over. I've never had problems with building relationships, I have an attractive personality and am well liked, everybody tends to greet me with enthusiasm. I'm really an average person in terms of my abilities to learn, understand, work, etc, I don't excel in anything at all, I never have. So, I don't know if it is even possible I have the condition, but again, I can't know for sure. I guess you'll probably agree that it's unlikely I have the condition but than maybe I might just have a mild form of it, maybe it works like that, I really only understand the condition at a basic level.

If you instinctively have great social skills, then you probably don't have Asperger's syndrome.

From what you describe, it sounds unlikely that you are an Aspie. But it's not impossible.

I don't do maths, mainly because I have little to no interest in it. I'm more artistic than mechanical, but there are Aspies that exhibit in those fields as well as the "brainiac" stereotype.

Do you ever fixate on a particular subject, perhaps to the level of obsession?

You could get tested by a psychologist, but I'd say it's unlikley you'd have a very high AS score.

Not really, although when I find something new that I develop a liking for, I do get somewhat engrossed.

From your description, you don't sound much like an Aspie. Why does your mother say that you are one?

There are some online quizzes that can give you a better idea. Anybody got a link to them?

My brother has the condition, but he has a different father. She thinks that there were similarities in our development, and I don't know, I think it's probable that I have ADD/HD one of those, but I don't know. Quizzes would be good!

Aspie Quizzes:

http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testi ... 0153908026

Your Aspie score: 20 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 161 of 200
You are very likely neurotypical

and

Your Score: UnaffectedResult: 8. Your score isn't an achievement, it just is.