nah, I don't especially care for online diagnosis myself but I do think it can be helpful in determining if a person could "possibly" be in the spectrum. If someone takes said test and it's indicative of Asperger's then I don't automatically assume they are one of them. But it would be a suggestion that they may be in the spectrum somewhere. Only dedicated autism specialist's can determine where they are on the spectrum and too what degree.
Don't know anything about that... All as I know is that it has been the opposite from what I have seen. Most of the shrinks I have ever seen seem to have no clue about Asperger's and so don't diagnose people with it. You may have experienced a different set of psychiatrists. I only know what I have seen. Went to various shrinks for years for my anxiety disorder and you would think that one of them somewhere along the line would have picked up on it
No, they are too busy wanting to
throw anti-anxiety medications and anti-depressants down my
throat. But the female Dr I am seeing now was sensitive enough to pick up on subtle clues that the others seem to have failed at.
Because to look at me, and perhaps talk to me, you would never know I was any different from Joe blow down the street. I am not deformed in any way, and I have good speech. Not to brag (well maybe
) I have always been told I am a very good looking dude. That being the case, then I don't imagine that I appear any different than most folks.
It's taken me two years to even remotely believe what the croaker diagnosed me with. I simply didn't want to believe it. Slowly though, and at random times, I have bumped into an Asperger person from time to time and I have slowly started to realize that I am in fact very much like what they claim I am. So, who is correct, the Doctor or myself? I don't know but I do know that I do not have the medical knowledge about Asperger's like they probably have because psychiatry and medicine are not my forte. I wouldn't want to be a shrink or a physician.
But yes, I agree about your concerns with online tests. Personally, I don't think one way or another about my diagnosis. I am still living my life as I always have and I do not lean on it as a crutch. Nor do I assume that it somehow makes me a better person. I simply don't assume anything about it. The only thing I can say is that lots of my denial about having it has faded away in the last couple of years.
