I don’t think that you have Asperger’s
syndrome because you don’t have the
symptoms/signs for Asperger’s syndrome.
Diagnostic Criteria For 299.80 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
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