Asperger Syndrome Support Group

Asperger syndrome - also referred to as Asperger's syndrome, Asperger's, Aspergers or just AS - is one of five neurobiological pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), and is characterized by deficiencies in social and communication skills, normal to above normal intelligence, and standard language development.

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What one test should i give myself to see if aspie

strength1979
strength1979
Curious , if you could give one test to find out if you have aspergers what would it be. I know there are DNA test...but somthing i could do myself at home?
Community Leaderacuriousfish
acuriousfish
There are no tests other than the talking to an experienced psychiatrist. There is definately no DNA test.
Community Leaderacuriousfish
acuriousfish
Just to add - one of the disorders which presents very close to Asperger's are certain forms of schizophrenia - I see you have that as a I diagnosis - this means you definately cannot do the diagnosis yourself - you would need a proper psychiatric assessment by as said someone experienced in diagnosing both schizophrenia and asperger's.

The original suggestion of being on the autism spectrum came out of my original assessment which at the time was looking for bipolar (I have both as my diagnosis)
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