Am I High Functioning Autistic, or Asperger's Syndrome?

Any ideas? I've been told by many that I am much more severe then them (Those with Asperger's). And I've been told, they think I have HFA [High Functioning Autism] but considering I have no speech delay I have no formal diagnosis of HFA.

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[sean919191]

I don't get it! In these videos he doesn't have all the crazy tics...wtf happened?!??

[jaydy11]

@sean919191 I know it's sad isn't it. I was mild back then and suppressed all my tics until off camera usually at midnight. I hid them from my parents too, but they figured it out at 13 and I got medicated for it. It really helped back then as you can see. 

[ac2763]

You are very high functioning. Seems like you have great communication skills and reflective thinking. You should go very far in your life and don't let anyone tell you other wise!

[techn0teen]

@larxado. If the symptoms are being caused by the autism itself, which is an UNCURABLE condition, the symptoms are going to be out of everyone's control. Symptoms are not the cause, they are the effect.

Autistics with massive extrasensory problems will have the hardest time because it is not something anyone can easily treat and thus not be well controlled.

[Bryce6789]

shades of grey like the staind albun huh?

[DarkQuietWyattON]

If you learned language at the same rate or near the same rate as your peers you have Aspergers. If you have delays in language development then you have autism. I live in a special needs school and that is what they told me here the difference was.

[derkaderkasmiles]

it doesn't matter if ur autistic or have aspergers because people will love u the way u are

:)

[MikeEnriquez209]

smoke some weed, that might cure the meltdowns ;)

[littlelily613]

Haha...didn't realize I already responded to this a long time ago. Apparently my opinion hasn't changed! :P lol I did have my Aspergers diagnosis revoked, and received a diagnosis of classic autism at the age of 27--so it is definitely possible to get one when you are older. I didn't start speaking properly after my regression until I was about 5 1/2 though which is, I think, the only reason she switched my diagnosis.

[littlelily613]

Aspergers is a spectrum within a spectrum. By this I mean that a person can be severe and still have Aspergers, or be very mild. If you didn't have a speech or communication delay, then Aspergers is probably what fits. Black and white thinking and sensory issues and difficulties with socializing are also part of Aspergers, so I don't think those things would separate you from AS.

[campevergreen777]

Arnt' they really the same thing or really close?

[AmazingAspie]

It is really a very interesting subject as there is some question as to whether AS and high-functioning Autism are distinct at all. Some argue that it can be best explained by clinical variations within the same condition. As of now though, they are still obviously regarded as separate clinical entities.