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Default Nov 14, 2012 at 06:58 PM
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jimrat, you make very great points! Yep. It is very nice to find that rare person who, even though not being in our shoes (I mean seriously, how can anyone be in another person's shoes if the first person has them on), they do accept us and understand most of what we are trying to share.

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Default Nov 14, 2012 at 08:42 PM
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I can't but wonder what on earth you put in to get such a high score.
jimrat are u kidding, mine was higher??? that'a an insult to anyone "worse" than you????
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Poll Nov 14, 2012 at 10:27 PM
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I got 35, I wonder what my next move is.
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Default Nov 15, 2012 at 03:42 PM
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Carrie Ann, no it was actually a real question. It wasn't meant at all to look down on anyone. I'm just confused why people score like they do. But I really came to the conclusion it indeed IS faults built into the test. The questions are nowhere near pinpointing autistic thinking. In a way it more measures how introvert someone is more than autistic. So a lot of non autistic will get false positives.
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Default Nov 15, 2012 at 03:59 PM
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Some analysis of the test:

I prefer to do things with others rather than on my own.

I know I'm overanalyzing, but "things"? What kind of things? A lot of autistic people have come to depend on others to handle everyday type situations, and they find discomfort in doing errands on their own. Or is it more like leisure? What counts as "with others"? I often keep my online friend as a support when I'm doing chores, silly as it may sound. Some people are not autistic, but fear others, so for that reason they want to be alone.

I am fascinated by dates.

Yea dates are cool, taste sweet too....

I would rather go to the theater than to a museum.

Here included (I assume) that people with autism don't like fiction, plays or movies. But still stands that a theater is an easier situation socially. You sit in the dark and watch. In the dang museum you might run into all kinds of difficult social situations.

I am not very good at remembering phone numbers.

I'm not sure at all how the test scores here. The standard autie likes numbers, they assume. But phone numbers? Do they like those as well? They are attached to real people who they might have zero interest in calling. So I don't know!!!

I am not very good at remembering people's date of birth.

Same dang thing...

I don't usually notice small changes in a situation or a person's appearance.

I've always assumed the autistic approach is not to care what the other person looks like. But on the other hand, they are good with details. So test scores how?

I find it easy to do more than one thing at once.

Like, what? Tasks you are not good at even one by one? Then of course. Things you do all the time? And are good with?

I am often the last to understand the point of a joke.

What kind of jokes? Literal ones? Innuendos? So different.

I find it very easy to play games with children that involve pretending.

At what level? Are we playing house or is the child old enough to actually want some kind of plot not to get bored? Pretending has many levels.

So yea.... what do they MEAN? It seems like I'm confused when everyone else see the questions as black and white. I wonder what that makes me.
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Default Nov 15, 2012 at 07:43 PM
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This quiz is just a "screening tool." It does not diagnose.

Sure, NTs can have autistic traits and score high on this quiz, since it tests for traits in adults with normal intelligence. What if you are a quirky gifted person with social anxiety. You would probably score high on this, due to your preference to avoid social situations and your interests.

There is a lot more to AS than the traits in this quiz. It is a cognitive style that makes navigating the world hard. It is evident in early life in behavior, development, and thinking.

So many people self diagnose based on this quiz. It is absurd. Why would anyone want to have AS? It is a tough and lonely existence that persists throughout life.

The AQ score seems to be used in the online autism world as a badge. Come on!

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Default Nov 15, 2012 at 08:10 PM
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I am so glad you said this.
I was thinking along those lines when taking the test.
esp about people details
Noticing details and patterns in things is easy and enjoyable. I dont even recognize people faces... severe face blindness... plus I hate interacting with others... so me notice if they turned their hair purple or shaved it off? No clue! And I honestly dont even care.

About the whole score thing... that would be funny if people mentally tried to use it as a badge. There is no way to ever compare people because there are too many variables.

For me, the score was curiousity working. I never even thought about checking to see if I had asp symptoms. I just knew I wasnt like anyone else. Of course I also knew that I could not be compared. But now I dont honestly wonder if I am from another planet! lol



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Some analysis of the test:

I prefer to do things with others rather than on my own.

I know I'm overanalyzing, but "things"? What kind of things? A lot of autistic people have come to depend on others to handle everyday type situations, and they find discomfort in doing errands on their own. Or is it more like leisure? What counts as "with others"? I often keep my online friend as a support when I'm doing chores, silly as it may sound. Some people are not autistic, but fear others, so for that reason they want to be alone.

I am fascinated by dates.

Yea dates are cool, taste sweet too....

I would rather go to the theater than to a museum.

Here included (I assume) that people with autism don't like fiction, plays or movies. But still stands that a theater is an easier situation socially. You sit in the dark and watch. In the dang museum you might run into all kinds of difficult social situations.

I am not very good at remembering phone numbers.

I'm not sure at all how the test scores here. The standard autie likes numbers, they assume. But phone numbers? Do they like those as well? They are attached to real people who they might have zero interest in calling. So I don't know!!!

I am not very good at remembering people's date of birth.

Same dang thing...

I don't usually notice small changes in a situation or a person's appearance.

I've always assumed the autistic approach is not to care what the other person looks like. But on the other hand, they are good with details. So test scores how?

I find it easy to do more than one thing at once.

Like, what? Tasks you are not good at even one by one? Then of course. Things you do all the time? And are good with?

I am often the last to understand the point of a joke.

What kind of jokes? Literal ones? Innuendos? So different.

I find it very easy to play games with children that involve pretending.

At what level? Are we playing house or is the child old enough to actually want some kind of plot not to get bored? Pretending has many levels.

So yea.... what do they MEAN? It seems like I'm confused when everyone else see the questions as black and white. I wonder what that makes me.

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Default Nov 15, 2012 at 08:56 PM
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I read that as a screening tool the line is drawn lower not to miss people... at 26. So if I score one point less (which is possible day to day changes considered), the test fails me. I know it can't be perfect, but I do understand RDOS making his own test, I mean it's easy to make a better test....
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I also scored a 39 (Asperger's likely)
Aspie Score - 138 of 200
Neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 85 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie.

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I,ve taken the Autism test several times and always came out on the 30+ side but were is the I.Q TEST?
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I have been tested a few times and always come out with 30+ mild side.
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43 out of 50. Not sure what to say about that except, I wasn't terribly surprised.
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Mine is 32 on this sites quiz, but on another test called RAADs that clinicians often use I score more Asperger's than average!

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I got 153/200. Is this considered moderate Asperger's?
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37. I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome in May.

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My score was 44 so that put me at high chance of having it which I assumed so but at my age53 is it necessary to get a formal test done or just assume I have it. My counselor feels I do.
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Since it is a test made by someone who thinks autism is extreme manliness, his test disqualifies everything that is typical autistic but also typically girly. So someone can be caught in this test for just being manly, and some autistics can be overlooked since the maker thinks "those" autistic people are not autistic in the right way, an therefore not autistic. People's agendas... pff.

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