I don't think that's it's so much the case that there are different levels of Asperger's, but more a different spread of symptoms and coping mechanisms - how well you 'function' really depends on the coping mechanisms you have developed. I have a job where I work one to one with young children, and over the years I have learned to do this and cope with many of the challenges that it poses, even though I find this very difficult. One may say that I'm very 'high-functioning', but as soon as I step outside this and have to do something new I don't know how to approach it. I also don't like talking much and can't communicate well in social groups, so in such a situation I would probably not be able to speak and remain silent. Or I would speak, but manage to get out what I want to say by interrupting the conversation going on because in group conversations usually that's the only way I get to speak.
In discussions with other people with AS, I've had 2 issues:
1. I don't talk much, the others talk incessantly. I have slower audio processing and I don't get to speak.
2. They talk about in depth about special interests that I don't share with such as video games, so I feel that I'm on my own and excluded from the conversation and I get bored.
In discussions with other people with AS, I've had 2 issues:
1. I don't talk much, the others talk incessantly. I have slower audio processing and I don't get to speak.
2. They talk about in depth about special interests that I don't share with such as video games, so I feel that I'm on my own and excluded from the conversation and I get bored.