Question by zzzzzzzzzzzzzz: How does a person with Mild Aspergers look and behave?
Can they appear normal ‘neurotypical’ 80% of the time but there will be little slip ups socially which reveals their AS? Can they blend in well? Hope to get answers from experts on AS particularly pertaining to girls..Is ‘Mild Aspergers’ even a credible diagnoses?
Hopefully there is an expert in this category!
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Answer by Top Soil™
Asperger’s has only recently become the diagnosis du jour in the psychiatric community. I should first state that I am far from any sort of expert on Asperger’s or any sort of disorder in the spectrum of pervasive developmental disorders. By its very nature, Asperger’s was characterized as perhaps the mildest form of Autism that was clinically evident. You didn’t hear much about it at all just a decade ago, but now it’s become terribly en vogue to make this nebulous diagnosis and discuss it. The very notion of a mild form of a mild entity kind of makes me think that you’re probably normal with some mild eccentricity which, in my humble opinion, does not warrant a medical/psychiatric diagnosis.
To wit, a person with “mild Asperger’s” would likely come across as entirely normal.
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Im not an expert per se, but i have done months and months of research on the subject, check out http://www.wrongplanet.net if u want more info after.
Most people with aspergers look just like anybody else. A fraction of aspies suffer from stims, for example, some will rock while they sit, some might excessively rub their arms, or scratch their legs, or basically anything somewhat like the behaviors of OCD (Obsessive compulsive disorder). Some aspergers can also have similar traits to people with ADD/ADHD, aka problems concentrating or at times the opposite (hyperfocus). A high percentage of people with aspergers have social difficulties due to a life time of “being singled out”. Aspie conversation topics dont always conform with the norm, some tend to excel in their fields, become masters at what they do, from anything to computers, to cars, to even just collecting.
Some might fit none of these criteria but have certain other traits, some might fit a few, some might fit em all. Its a variable mish-mash
Ok, well i can keep goin like this all day, but i wont have room, check the forums in the link and find out for yourself. Typically, aspergers look like everybody else, with slight differences
one of my friends actually has it. he acts really normal, and ive never noticed anything to make me think about it. i only know he has it because my boyfriend told me. however, that might only be him, it may be different for others who have it
One of them looks exactly like me.
They look and behave like they did before Aspergers syndrome was invented – like people with characters. The health care industry has an interest in creating new conditions that they can make money from with drugs.
I define being normal as character deficiency syndrome.
I am not an expect just an ordinary women living with aspies everyday. My Husband and one of my sons are high up on the Spectrum. My daughter is not. She has been diagnosed with mild aspergers. She looks like ever other teenage girl in appearance. However her coordination has been a lot slower than other children. Simple things like catching a ball or riding a bike took intensive practice and didn’t happen until she was about 11yo. She can achieve a score in a state wide english exam that puts her in the top 1% but cannot remember multi-step directions ie how to make a bed, until she has gone through the process numerous times and it has become a habit. Her style of walk stands out as very different and her posture has to be constantly corrected. She has always had problems socializing with kids her own age but can converse one on one with an adult as if she is an adult. Because she often completely misreads a social situation she has been teased and bullied for her entire school career. Kids with aspergers are more prone to depression, at the moment my daughter is being treated for depression. Yes i think it is a credible diagnoses because i live with her. I did wonder until she had a slumber party and i saw how very much her behaviour was different to the other girls. I think 48hrs in my house would convince anyone