Need some informal help

[dkhazenirad]

Hello all first day on here.

I would like to ask the question that is there an overlapping of aspergers/mild autism and severe dyslexia. I ask this question as I have been wondering for over five years. As I was diagnosed with a severe form of dyslexia in the late 1980's early 1990's I am now starting to think there may be more to my "dyslexia" than first meets the eye. When I read articles about these mild forms of autism, well to be totally honest it sounds exactly what I have and always wondered if misdiagnosis or an overlapping of the two symptoms?

I am fine in small groups and one and one, apart from when people start talking in huge sentences about something in work and not one piece of information sticks in there. I was an utter failure at school however when taken out of the standard education system in to art based courses at college, I flourished and now sit here at 26 with two degrees. But I seem to fail at the social side of things but I am sociable. If I can clarify that I panic in strange situations, and in large crowds lose it. I fail to ever make eye contact and have always thought this is incredibly strange and people remark and ask why my eyes dart around and always ask why I am looking above them. I am pretty bad in relationships as girlfriends even say that I am OTT or completely vague, no middle ground of normality really.

Hope this gives you a good idea.

Any information or pointing me in the right direction I would be grateful.

[Romersa's Protege]

Autism and dyslexia commonly co-exist.