Yup, Zach from Bones (and to a lesser extent Bones herself) are also AS.
I don't know whether your therapist did it on purpose or not, but do bear in mind that Aspergers was only recognised as a condition in 1994 (which is why so many people our age missed being diagnosed - I was 20 and I only got a diagnosis by luck) and unless he was a specialist in AS, he would be even less likely to recognize the female manifestation of the condition. It's diagnosed in three times as many males as females; there is probably a higher incidence in males, but it is likely also due to underdiagnosis.
Also, if he had managed to diagnose you, putting you in the special class would have been the worst thing he could have done (and I hope he would have known that). AS is a spectrum; yes, some people on there need to be in a special needs class, but plenty of us only need to have some leeway given in our behaviour. It's a developmental condition. It doesn't mean that there's anything you can't do, just that you take extra-long to figure out how to do it - how to interpret cues and so forth. Living in as close to "normal" an environment as possible, with a few trusted people to give you advice when you go wrong, is the best way for aspies to be, IMO. You're also likely to have some other related conditions, such as dyslexia or hyperlexia, echolalia, hypersensitivity...the wikipedia article used to be a lot better, but someone cut out a whole pile of stuff. Still, it's not a bad starting point. ♥
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I don't know whether your therapist did it on purpose or not, but do bear in mind that Aspergers was only recognised as a condition in 1994 (which is why so many people our age missed being diagnosed - I was 20 and I only got a diagnosis by luck) and unless he was a specialist in AS, he would be even less likely to recognize the female manifestation of the condition. It's diagnosed in three times as many males as females; there is probably a higher incidence in males, but it is likely also due to underdiagnosis.
Also, if he had managed to diagnose you, putting you in the special class would have been the worst thing he could have done (and I hope he would have known that). AS is a spectrum; yes, some people on there need to be in a special needs class, but plenty of us only need to have some leeway given in our behaviour. It's a developmental condition. It doesn't mean that there's anything you can't do, just that you take extra-long to figure out how to do it - how to interpret cues and so forth. Living in as close to "normal" an environment as possible, with a few trusted people to give you advice when you go wrong, is the best way for aspies to be, IMO. You're also likely to have some other related conditions, such as dyslexia or hyperlexia, echolalia, hypersensitivity...the wikipedia article used to be a lot better, but someone cut out a whole pile of stuff. Still, it's not a bad starting point. ♥