First, thanks for weighing in.
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... whereas for autism and AS the symptoms had to have been present from a very young age even if you or people close to you didn't understand what they were. I think this is why schizotypal has its own diagnosis even though it seems to me (based entirely on jimi's description btw) to be something like a late-onset AS.
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There was nothing late onset about my symptoms though - it was just that fifty years ago, AS wasn't really on the radar. In fact, it's taken me a lifetime to learn to compensate sufficiently to survive, but my symptoms were more marked as a child.
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Are you prepared to bring in your parents and other people who knew you as a child for these AS tests?
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Not possible, due to death and declining health for my parents. No one else really knew me - never did have friends. Probably the closest thing to a friend I had were some of my teachers in elementary school...as I suspect the majority of them are gone as well.