This Aspie quiz is NOT accurate!

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I scored 28.

I was diagnosed as a young adult, but my psychiatrist said the last time, that he thinks I'm in the subclinical range now. But I'm not sure about it. When I was diagnosed, I scored 32 and higher. Now I seem to score between 24 and 28.

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These online aspie questionnaires (closed ended or multiple choice) are only considered to be accurate in determining that you're traits correlate with the AS/HFA stereotype are done so with incisive contemplation or cogitation. Strategies that can be done to achieve this could be that you were paying meticulous attention to the questions written to you on paper, and then engage in deep retrospective thinking (approximately 30-60 seconds or more) in order to recall the autistic traits you exhibited when you were younger. You could also ponder about the traits you showed in the past while the closed ended questions are explicitly spoken out to you by the clinical psychologist administering the autism questionnaire. Failure to do so sufficiently would result in undesirably discrepant or biased scores, as "yes or no" or "strongly agree - strongly disagree" answers may not necessarily represent what you have expressed (surveyor bias). Or you could advertently hide some of the information regarding your collective histories from the surveyor (demand characteristics) as you are precisely aware of what is consisted within the pre-experimental questions and you are not going to be taken in by it. For these reasons, some people who think shorter than necessary when undergoing the test may score much lower or higher of what is anticipated of them. For example, you may score 23 the first time whilst thinking for only about 5-10 seconds on each question that is set out on the AQ test; whereas, you score 40 the second time while taking the test as you have extended your thinking time for up to 30-60 seconds on each question that is pre-set to you. Extraneous variables such as social phobia, lack of cogitation, giftedness, dishonesty, attention deficits, depression, lack of analytical thinking, extroversion, and high self-esteem may render the measured results of such questionnaires biased as they can alternatively explicate for the traits the participant exhibits.

I scored 49 out of 50 on the AQ test.
My aspie score is 186 out of 200.
I scored 231 out 240 on the Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale-Revised (RAADS-R).

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Last time I think I got a score of around 24. With the aspie quiz I scored both NT as Aspie, which shows it is simply inaccurate. Both tests focus on the stereotype image but also leave out a lot of subjects such as being neat or chaotic and so forth.

I actually had difficulty with the AQ test as the questions were multi-interpretable. And what about the one where they ask you if you often feel like you're playing a role? (Don't remember whether it was from the AQ test or the aspie quiz)

If I'd "act" NT, yes I would. But I decide to be more myself. So my behavior is autistic, but it doesn't show in the answer. There're a lot of questions like that, where the answer may be no, but where the outcome in fact is a yes (in terms of autism traits)

Plus, I can deal with changing plans, do things spontaneously, et cetera. My AS shows itself in many different ways but they aren't asked.

You're right there. Most of my personality is based around empathy, and I think I literally feel it too much.

I think this empathy stereotype is thrown around a lot and becomes believed by all groups, and then it gives us a bad name.

Last week I heard about a woman who was dying of cancer, and all the while her husband was cheating on her, taking advantage of her disease so that he could have more time to sneak out and see this other woman, and only pretended to care just so it doesn't look obvious that he is seeing someone else. And this poor woman dying of cancer was always a good wife to him. And yes, this man was nowhere near on the spectrum. If that is empathy then I don't know what isn't.

I'm like that too, I do have (a lot of) empathy, and learned a lot in social understanding over the years. And too many questions revolve around just that.

I got a 34.

And here is the CORRECT link to the start of the quiz.

http://psychcentral.com/quizzes/autism.htm

I've taken it a few times and score between 26 and 30. Most of my issues are sensory and executive function related and the quiz doesn't pick up on that stuff.

Supposedly it's cognitive empathy that people on the autism spectrum lack. For a male I'm above average in both affective empathy and cognitively empathy. I just have trouble showing it IRL.

I scored 29 on this recently. Here's my thread dissecting my issues with this questionnaire: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt229108.html

I scored a 31 on the AQ test. Last year, I scored a 32 or 33.

38

Based upon your responses to this autism screening measure, it appears that you are likely suffering from an autism spectrum disorder, or Asperger's disorder. People who score similarly often qualify for a diagnosis of autism or Asperger's.

these online test were not meant to be an accurate test of autism spectrum disorders. They are personality tests. They could give an indication that you may have Aspergers based on stereotyped behavior of people with Aspergers. They are useful screening tools but shouldn't be taken too seriously.

NT here.

Scored 9.

Test maybe works like an axe more than a scalpel.

NT here.

Scored 9.

Test maybe works like an axe more than a scalpel.

This is the autism quotient as designed by Simon Baron-Cohen as a screening tool for autism. Most people who score 32+ are not autistic, and some who score below the cutoff are autistic.

I say this because for some reason people seem to bring the quiz' presence online into the argument as if simply "being online" makes it questionable. This is simply not the case - being online or offline, it still works essentially the same way and is still useful in its intended context - as you said, a screening tool.