Radium said:
I've been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.
Okee Dokee, shall we presume you are not Schizophrenic then?
Diagnostic Criteria For Asperger's Disorder
A. Qualitative impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at least
two of the following:
1.. marked impairments in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such as
eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression, body postures, and gestures to regulate
social interaction
2.. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
3.. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests, or
achievements with other people (e.g. by a lack of showing, bringing, or
pointing out objects of interest to other people)
4.. lack of social or emotional reciprocity
B. Restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests,
and activities, as manifested by at least one of the following:
1.. encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted
patterns of interest that is abnormal either in intensity or focus
2.. apparently inflexible adherence to specific, nonfunctional routines or
rituals
3.. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms (e.g., hand or finger
flapping or twisting, or complex whole-body movements)
4.. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
C. The disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social,
occupational, or other important areas of functioning
D. There is no clinically significant general delay in language (e.g.,
single words used by age 2 years, communicative phrases used by age 3 years)
E. There is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or in
the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behavior
(other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in
childhood
F. Criteria are not met for another specific Pervasive Developmental
Disorder or Schizophrenia
