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Sheldon has Asperger's.

Your daughter probably has that too!
You know, the diagnosis that was dropped and rolled into the ASD. One consequence is that the threshold to be diagnosed as High-functioning Autistic is not quite the same as the old Aspie diagnosis. A particularity of the latter was highly developed verbal expression at an early age.

Try to find the right doctor. A label can mean the difference between free services and expensive ones. My son belonged to a free social skills groups in his MCPS elementary school.

Whatever the diagnosis, I would greatly encourage you to role-play social situations and intensively train her social acuity. At home systematically with the family, with her peers whom you invite for playdates (very important) and also possibly in social skills groups. Alvord and Baker is well-respected and has Asperger's groups for kids. They're quite expensive, but interesting to set a baseline upon which you can build. You don't want her to end up like Sheldon, do you?

There are a ton of books and seminars on the subject, such as Thinking Social, Social Detective, etc.
Try to engage your daughter in this as well, she'll learn faster. Discuss stories and events shes interested in, from the inferential point of view - characters' motivations and feelings. It's a great exercise. Practice makes perfect.

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