✔ Qualitative impairment in social interaction - I've been behind socially for most of my developing years
✔ Restricted patterns of behavior, activities, and interests - Gf has complained that I can't seem to do things in moderation, I'm either fully into doing something constantly/often or I'm not
✔ Repetitive motor behaviors - Yes, leg movement, fidgeting..
✔ Auditory perception deficits - Yes, I sometimes don't process speech as quickly as I hear it
✔ Many children with AS are initially misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - was almost me
✔ Physical clumsiness - I do tend to be somewhat
✔ Lack of interest in fiction and a positive preference towards non-fiction
✔ No clinically significant delay in cognitive development or general delay in language - Nope, I'm fine there
✔ Sophisticated vocabulary at a young age
✔ Single-mindedness
✔ Can spend hours in the library researching, loves learning and information - or Wikipedia
✔ May have difficulty staying in college despite a high level of intelligence
~ Being “in their own world” / Preoccupied with their own agenda - Somewhat
~ Sleep problems - Had in the past, but not now
~ Oddities in loudness, pitch, intonation, and rhythm, poor prosody, and tangential and circumstantial speech - If I'm impaired here, it's not much
~ Impaired nonverbal behaviors in areas such as eye contact, facial expression, posture, and gesture - Posture and maybe eye contact
? Literal interpretations and miscomprehension of nuance, ? unusually pedantic, formal or idiosyncratic speech - Not sure
✘ One-sided verbosity, ✘ abrupt transitions, ✘ use of metaphor meaningful only to the speaker - Not really
✘ Failure to seek shared enjoyments or achievements with others - No, I do this just fine
✘ Lack of social or emotional reciprocity
✘ Difficulty understanding figurative language; weaknesses in humor, irony, teasing, and sarcasm; impaired humor appreciation - I don't think so
✘ Enhanced perception of small changes in patterns such as arrangements of objects or well-known images
✘ Difficulty in identifying and describing one's emotions