What's Your AQ?

[Rixus]

No, not IQ or EQ. Your AQ or Autism Quotient.

I've lost count of how many times I've heard the word Asbergers thrown around (which doesn't actually exist anymore - it would be ASD 1, but that's irrelevant). I know a lot of people have had the suggestion given to them at some point so here is a test to see how far on the Autism Spectrum we actually are.

I score 32 points - which kind of borderline, really. Apparently, around 80% of people diagnosed with ASD (Austism Spectrum Disorder) score over 32.

https://psychology-tools.com/autism-spectrum-quotient/

 

[PmjPmj]

23/50, which means I'm in the clear.

Honestly, though. I'd expect INTx to score high on this thing.

 

[Rixus]

I would expect so, too. But even if that is true, it doesn't mean anyone here (who has never been diagnosed with any ASD related disorder) actually has one. It;s a sliding scale that everyone is on somewhere. But it gets mentioned somewhere a couple of times a week but no one discusses it in depth, so I thought I'd bring the subject up.

 

[PmjPmj]

It's looking like my nephew (2 years old) is quite high on some scale or another. It's frustrating because to myself and others it has been glaringly obvious for a very long time, yet his parents are apparently entirely devoid of any ability to perceive that which is right under their noses.

A member of staff at his nursery recently got in touch to inform said idiots that my nephew is developmentally impaired in various areas (chiefly, he doesn't acknowledge people / interact with anyone at all - ever; he's far more interested in walking in to things, or making shit towers with building blocks).

This news came as a complete surprise, apparently. Meanwhile, everyone else in the family is all "MUR! DUUUUHUHURHURHUR! MEEEEEEEEEH!"

Fucking idiots.

I've been saying for ages I should just fucking tell them, but oh no - that'd cause too much of a stir. Which, to be fair, it absolutely would.

Fortunately he's now getting the help he needs.

-_-

 

[Niclmaki]

Your score was 17 out of a possible 50.

Well then. Im not sure what this means.

 

[Nymus Anon]

I got 25.

 

[Happy]

30. Only a little bit autistic.

 

[nanook]

i am mostly convinced that my traits are anxiety based, not some sort of inborn oddity.
also clinicians have denied me an autism spectrum diagnosis on multiple occasions. i call it apathy/intimidation. the psychiatric term is shizoid (tendency). the typological term is e5.

 

[Rixus]

Do you mean Schizoid Personality Disorder (which also no longer exists and is now categorised as Avoidance Personality Disorder with Schizoid tendencies)?

 

[nanook]

not sure about DSM (american) but shizoid has a number in ICD-10 (still used in europe?). i haven't been diagnosed any of those (shizoid or avoidant). i have the pleasure of being undiagnosable. there is a number for that too! for mixed tendencies that do not clearly fit into any of the defined PD definitions.

 

[AndyC]

27/50, thing is I'm not so awkward, socially adept/comfortable nd if you met me irl you'd guess a much lower score. Hmmm. Like nanook when it comes to a psychologist I asked after taking some test at some point.

 

[Black Rose]

Mine is 147

https://pumpkinperson.com/2017/04/2...ntelligence-scales-the-wechsler-autism-index/

 

[PmjPmj]

The first car I bought for myself was an Alfa Romeo 147.





Just sayin'.

 

[Nymus Anon]

Cool

 

[Rixus]

When I was 19, i was 6 foot 1 and exactly 147lbs.
It's true - I just wanted in on the randomness.

 

[Sandglass]

11/50

I've had people suggest that I might have aspergers (including my mom...) but I'm don't actually have any symptoms. I just don't like hanging around most people.

 

[Grayman]

14 because Highly introverted

Bad questions cannot seperate introvertedness from autisticness

 

[EyeSeeCold]

i am mostly convinced that my traits are anxiety based, not some sort of inborn oddity.
also clinicians have denied me an autism spectrum diagnosis on multiple occasions. i call it apathy/intimidation. the psychiatric term is shizoid (tendency). the typological term is e5.

The school psychologist I went to skirted my every attempt to bring up diagnosis/testing and insisted my issues were social and improvable but I felt like she didn't understand the gravity of what I was telling her. I thought perhaps she figured I was trying to get an amphetamine prescription to abuse it or something, that or she was unqualified. I ended up not going to the last session.

 

[Happy]

How dafuq is my score the highest, other than OP??

Test is rigged. Russians again.

 

[Minuend]

21

I'm actually diagnosed, though. So I guess you guys are shit out of luck

 

[Rixus]

So... I scored higher than anyone who took this test, including those who are diagnosed? That's disconcerting.

Especially as my daughter is actually diagnosed with ASD 2.

 

[Minuend]

I wouldn't worry about it, unless you suspect something like that interferes with your life. An actual diagnosis is longer than a short test. Even if you should have traits, it doesn't mean you're destined to do poor in areas of your life or will be unable to achieve your goals.

 

[Phins]

I got 39 of 50

 

[0neKiwi]

29/50, possesses some traits. 58%?

 

[WhyNotIGuess]

Your score was 26 out of a possible 50.
Scores in the 26 - 32 range indicate some Autistic traits (Aspergers Syndrome).

But I don't know, most of the answers are things that could very much, some very likely, depend on so many other factors that it makes it hard for me to find the test trustworthy. Some people are the way they are not because of autism, but because of personal experiences.

Then again, the purpose of a test such as this is to give "advice", in a way. I suppose I'm not surprised some people with lower scores were diagnosed whilst others with higher scores weren't. Human beings are, truly, wonderful.

 

[Nebulous]

25 but ugh- I don't know how to accurately answer questions like these.
They seem like an outside perspective would help. I'm not good at figuring out how others view me, and I honestly don't trust my own opinion on what the answers might be