Which personality disorder can be a pa of an autistic spectrum of disorders?

* This is one of the commonest type of questions asked. * Personality diorders has be read in by hea * Two types of questions that are mainly asking which cluster a paicular disorder falls into and another type of pattern is testing about the charecterstic of paicular personality disorders like the question above * Autism spectrum patient may have some charecterstic of SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER as both these disorder patients are not interested in social interaction and they like to be lone * Other impoant characterstics that has to be remembered are mainly * SCHIZOID * Lack the need and capacity to form social relationship * Born loners * Aloof * Emotional coldness * No close friends * Lack tender feelings * Less interest in sex * Neither depressed nor shy but likes to be alone by choice Ref.Kaplon and sadock, synopsis of psychiatry, 11 th edition, pg no. 747