Autism Test

El Pirata · #1 (**permalink**) 08-19-2008, 09:42 PM

Ok, so I was wondering this since I do tend to like being by myself, and find myself not liking people too often. So I looked up for a test and came up with this one

Wired 9.12: Take The AQ Test

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Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives.

So the average is about a 16 and if you have a score of 32 or higher you might have autism. The way you score it is after you submit it you will get a text only page that looks like mostly code, you scroll down to the bottom and there will be a list with 0s and 1s, you count up the 1s and thats your score.

I got a 24, yea, so I guess thats not such a good thing

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Don't use the submit button it is broken or something, do it manually this way

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How to score: "Definitely agree" or "Slightly agree" responses to questions 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 33, 35, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46 score 1 point. "Definitely disagree" or "Slightly disagree" responses to questions 1, 3, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50 score 1 point.