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Old Mar 23, 2016, 03:27 PM
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Hello. Though I am currently not dx'ed with autism, I am waiting results from an assessment where they looked at autism spectrum disorder in me, along with social communication disorder, which I found out is a very new type of disorder. It used to be called pragmatic disorder, or something like that.

Anyways, I have been diagnosed with OCD. You should look into the Y-BOCS test (Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive scale). Here is a link to this test:
http://www.stlocd.org/handouts/YBOC-...-Checklist.pdf

I filled this out, and handed it to my pdoc, and was then dx'ed with OCD. I have severe handwashing when super stresses, which is when it's most noticeable in me. But I have thoughts that are quite abnormal, that probably isn't something you want to know. I believe I will be diagnosed with ASD - support level 1 though.

My view: some of it can be explained by autism (for example order and wanting to have the same routine), but other things aren't quite part of autism (like my handwashing). I wish you can talk to someone about it .

Note: Like a thing that I do is my greeting ritual, which would be part of autism, and not OCD, though it may appear as OCD. I have to say hello when greeting someone. That's more autism than OCD, though it's a routine and if not followed through, it makes me anxious. This is where the line kinda is.
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I have ASD so please be kind if I say something socially unacceptable. Thank you.