I don't know the likelihood, it seems to depend on your doctor rather than on facts.

I looked further into the DX of schizotypal and I must say, I have doubts it exists, at all. Of course one can cluster up symptoms and people will fit, but the thing is this particular group productive?

In a way I think not, because there seem very few people with this DX, meaning it's simply not a good way of grouping things. The other thing, I feel it is too close to autism to be considered a PD.

Symptoms can be

being a loner with only a few friends or close family as a social network - that is common with AS as well

misunderstanding social ques - VERY common in AS and autism

being seen as odd, acting, dressing odd - common in AS and autism

having trouble with some types of thinking - very common in AS and autism

misunderstanding and thinks things are connected to self that are not - very common with autism where there self is placed in the middle and sometimes other people are "forgotten"

social anxiety - common in AS and autism

hypersensitivity - common in AS and autism

odd perceptions and sensations - exists in some cases of autism

odd, poetic speech, not common with AS where speech tends to be formal, more common with autism especially the type where speech is more affected

not showing much emotion, reacting in a "strange" way - very common in AS and autism

magical thinking - exists in some cases of autism because of poor or different pattern thinking

has relatives with schizophrenia - common in autism


I have a hard time understanding how this is not autism with some kind of comorbidity.