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Employment - 25th (I guess? Not finding a job yet makes this hard, but AS has been making that drastically harder)
Family - 70th, (though not married), Almost 75th (4.5 year relationship, living together, mostly stable and working on getting through problems with our miscommunications because we know where they are)
Self Care - 25th (Can't drive, can't clean all the apartment, able to take care of my self mostly. The problems I have are almost entirely sensory)
Education - Currently at 50th(I guess?), want to be at 95th, expect to get into grad school at some point (have a bachelor's degree with an okay but not great GPA, want a PhD, primary goal currently is getting into /some/ grad program)
Friendship - 35th, Definitely between 25th and 50th. Complain about lack of friends constantly, scared of phones, completely unaware of how to make friends, but get along with people just oddly)
Meltdowns - 50th (Very rarely in public, much more common at home, currently more often than when I was younger and life was not as high stress)
Executive - 75th (I actually am strangely good at not needing a strict plan to do things, but have issues with making plans, or making decisions at all)
Language - 50th (Enough stress shuts down my ability to speak, much easier to communicate via text to the point where I'll go type instead of saying things when scared or stressed, unable to hear my own voice)
Sensory - 25th, possibly lower (All senses are hypersensitive. Have mental shutdowns because of sensory overload, have to fight with headaches constantly from hypersensitivities, my life is largely about avoiding migraines caused by various toxins in the air few other people can smell, when I'm overloading I can't tell what's going on, just need to get out of there immediately before I meltdown, My sensory issues are strong enough that I'm needing to get help to find a job that accommodates them in order to have any income.)

So my average would be 46%. Seems to be a little lower than expected for an aspie, which makes sense to me. My sensory issues would have to bring my average down below standard aspie.

I'm 22, female, and diagnosed with aspergers as an adult. Looking at other people's scores, I'm more surprised that I didn't get a diagnosis earlier (was told at age 12 or 13 that I probably had it, and would probably not be able to get a diagnosis, so not to bother, though my sensory issues have gotten worse with age, not better).

Employment: 50th percentile
Family: (less than)75th percentile
Self-care: 50th percentile
Education: (less than) 50th percentile
Friendships & Social Skills: 25th percentile
Meltdowns: 50th percentile
Executive Functioning:(less than)50th percentile
Speech/Language:95th percentile
Sensory : 75th percentile


Interesting divisions. The granularity is too coarse for my tastes. I fell between most of them.

Could add mental status (i.e depression/anxiety), stimming,

Depression:

95th:rarely depressed
75th: mild, infrequent depression
50th: frequent mild to moderate depression
25th: frequent clinical depression
5th: hospitalization/severe/suicidal

Stimming:

95th: Rarely
75th: Only when stressed
50th: Regularly but mild (gentle rocking, pacing, twirling hair)
25th: frequent, easily noticed
5th: constant, interferes with daily functioning

Self care: 25
Education: In between 25 and 50. - I'd say about 35.
Friendships & Social skills: 25
Meltdowns: 50
Executive functioning: between 5 and 25 - I'd say 15.
Speech: 50
Sensory: In between 25 and 50. - 35 sounds about right here too.

Total comes out to about 33%. Erf. Now if only I didn't have so much trouble talking to adults, maybe I could actually get some help.

Employment: 25th percentile: Repeated short-term employment. May be working in supported employment, or may be on disability. May be doing volunteer work or part-time work or be employed by family.

Family: N/A as I don't want marriage or at least a typical relationship beyond a very close friendship

Self-care: 25th percentile: Does all own basic self-care; lives with family or roommates. May not be able to drive. Needs occasional help with things like shopping, paying bills, cleaning the house. (I have a funny feeling most college students fall into this category)

Education: in between 25-50% due to being a current college student, but am getting almost no assistance beyond financial in that dept.

Friendships & Social Skills: Somewhere between 75-95% due to introverted persobality and my friends are all some type of quirky. I generally react appropriately in social situations that I have been exposed to previously.

Meltdowns: 75%

Executive Functioning: Would be 95% if I didn't have episodes of random spacing out that throw off pre-planned functioning

Speech/Language: 95%

Sensory: 75%

Employment = 25th, hoping to move up to 50th
Family= 25th, will probably stay there.
Self Care = 95th, might drop to 75th
Education = somewhere between 25th and 50th
Friendships & Social Skills = 75th and dropping. used to be in 95th
Meltdowns = Don't have meltdowns, I think. Might have shutdowns. Still exploring.
Executive Functioning = 25th
Speech = Think I'm in 95th, but I might be in the 75th
Sensory = 75th

Employment: N/A

Family: N/A

Self-Care: 50th-75th

Education: N/A

Friendships: 75th

Meltdowns: 25th (I would put "5th", if "panic attacks" were included, because I have anxiety around certain animals)

Executive Function: 50th-75th (I say this because I don't have ADHD)

Speech: 75th-95th

Sensory: 75th-95th (My only sensory issues are with certain clothes, the taste of meat, the feel of animal paws on me, the feel of having long fingernails, at least, those are the big ones)

By the way, I can't drive, but I don't want to, it looks stressful and is not good for the environment, I already know where my future home is and almost everything is in walking distance from the house. The things that are not are accessible by transit. If I'm every "stuck", I can call a taxi or get a ride.

(Overall)

Potential 75

Actual 25

The goal is to gently raise that

Employment:
5th, although I'm not really looking for a job. I don't really think this applies yet.

Family (Does not apply to those who don't want to marry):
May or may not apply. I'm not sure.

Self-care:
Somewhere around 25th, I'm slowly working towards 50th.

Education (Assuming it is desired):
I haven't graduated from high school yet, but I plan on at least getting a bachelors degree in engineering. I require no assistance at school. I'm going to say that this one does not apply yet, because I haven't had the time necessary to reach my potential in this area.

Friendships & Social Skills:
I'm at around 50th percentile. Maybe a bit lower, maybe a bit higher, I'm not totally sure.

Meltdowns:
Somewhere between 75th and 95th. I don't have meltdowns to the point where I can't control myself, I just become extremely blunt and irritable. I don't know, maybe I should say 75th. But maybe not. This one really is complicated. I guess I'll put 85th again.

Executive Functioning:
I'm usually actually better with long term planning than NT's. I rarely procrastinate and I'm good at time management when I need to be. But I can be thrown off by a change in my routine and I definitely find it difficult to switch tasks. I'd say that I'm at around the 85th percentile.

Speech/Language:
I'm probably around the 75th percentile range.

Sensory:
Somewhere between 75th and 95th. I'll just say 85th.

And now for the average:

Excluding education, family, and employment: 68th percentile

Including education, family, and employment: 49th percentile

Employment: 75th percentile
Family: far too complex to fit into this chart... 25-ish
Self-care: 75-ish (I cannot drive, that would put me down to 25th, eh? Except, that is not due to autism but due to vision issues and I live in Europe where it does not matter that much)
Education: 25th percentile
Friendship and social skills: 25-ish (with the exception that I work with people almost the entire day)
Meltdowns: 75th percentile
Executive functioning: 75th percentile
Speech/Language: 95th percentile
Sensory: 75th percentile (do NOT put me near TV static or a radio with staticy reception)

Employment:
N/A

Family (Does not apply to those who don't want to marry):
N/A

Self-care:
25th percentile: Does all own basic self-care; lives with family or roommates. May not be able to drive. Needs occasional help with things like shopping, paying bills, cleaning the house.

Education (Assuming it is desired):
Not completed, already 50th percentile.

Friendships & Social Skills:
25th percentile: One or two friends. Most people think of him as odd or eccentric and a few people perceive him as unpredictable or threatening. Can communicate with NTs, but often miscommunicates. May not be able to deal with misread communication; may be unaware of miscommunication when it occurs. May have problems with things like using the phone, talking to a grocery store clerk. May not be able to approach strangers.

Meltdowns:
50th percentile: Meltdowns/shutdowns are common, but do not endanger anyone. Able to predict/prevent them to a good extent and only rarely has a meltdown/shutdown in public.


Executive Functioning:
75th percentile: Has problems with concentration/planning and transitions, and has compensatory systems that work most of the time. May be thrown off by new schedules or unexpected events.

Speech/Language:
75th percentile: Speech may be formal or have odd cadence, but is understandable by NTs. Can use tone of voice, etc., if concentrating in a quiet environment.

Sensory:
50th percentile. Placing myself here because I have elements of both the 25th and 75th.

Employment: 25th percentile
Family: 75th percentile (Not married, but in a stable LTR and my relations with family are decent if not awkward)
Self-care: 50th percentile
Education: 50th percentile (is this fair to students still in school?)
Friendships & Social Skills: 95th percentile
Meltdowns: 50th percentile
Executive Functioning: 75th percentile
Speech/Language: 95th percentile
Sensory: 75th percentile: Has few sensory issues, and has learned to deal effectively with those they have.

So, averaging these, I'm in the 65th percentile? Honestly, though I do have many problems (especially emotional) I usually consider myself to be fairly high functioning. When people find out I'm autistic they compliment my social skills, and I've been called "a passer" by autism experts (which I assume means I fake well). I'm much more "autistic" in the safety of my apartment with my boyfriend, but I do well faking my way through every day society.

I was diagnosed with moderate classic autism. Let's see if I match up according to the descriptions below:

Employment: 25th percentile (Probably actually lower, but not quite as low as 5th. I am 27, and have had more than 40 jobs in my life. I cannot maintain them and usually quit after just a couple days. Right now I work on-campus at a casual position, so not too many hours and is therefore bearable)

Family: 5th percentile (I have never had a relationship, and I likely will not since I cannot adequately sustain a conversation)

Self-care: 25th percentile (I live with my parents and, although I can drive, I need help with almost everything.)

Education: 50th (I think I am actually less than this--maybe 35th or something. Anyway, I am currently in university doing my undergrad, but I am also 27--I dropped out of high school and did not go to university until my mid-20s).

Friendships & Social Skills: 5th (I am probably higher than that--somewhere between 5th and 25th)

Meltdowns: 25th (maybe slightly higher than as well)

Executive Functioning: 25th

Speech/Language: between 50th (maybe slightly higher at times

Sensory: 50th (perhaps a bit lower)

I would say my diagnosis of moderate classic autism definitely fits!

Employment - 50%

Family - N/A

Self Care - 95%

Education - 50%

Friendship - Between 25 & 50%

Meltdowns: 90%

Executive Functioning - Between 75 & 95%

Speech/Language - 75%

Sensory - None that I know of

Callista is a woman.



Interesting. Everyone tells me I'm high-functioning but my scores are low:

Employment: 25 - I've had 11 jobs over my entire life time, three in the past 21 years, employment typically lasts for fewer than six months. I am in the process of applying for SSI disability.

Family: When I was trying, 25-5 - I don't really know how to have a relationship, but I still managed to get into some. One was more someone else instigating and I feel in a lot of ways that I was exploited because of naivete and inexperience. I don't really care about having a family or relationship at this point, however. I thought I had to have one and tried, but the truth is I don't really think I adapt well to living with other people.

Self-Care: 25 - Forever and always 25. I've never been higher although I've managed to get higher on occasion, I lose it all when I move and have to start over.

Education: 25. I made four attempts at college and dropped out three times. On the third attempt, the school closed and my ability to finish was moot. I dropped out of high school and got a GED. I was in a special education class for one year (5th grade) and very nearly went to an "alternative" high school where my needs could be better accommodated. My father decided not to allow me to go for reasons that I suspect were malicious (he always believed my inability to get consistently good grades was oppositional - of course, he also believed my inability to make eye contact meant I was lying, so)

Friendship: 5 in the 80s, 50 in the 90s, 25 now. This is purely subjective on my part, however, and I may have been 5 or 25 all along. I know I don't have the same social skills I did before my burnout, but I also know that even beforehand my number of actual friends was fairly low and I was kind of crap at maintaining more than a few friendships (and sometimes even maintaining those). I was completely terrible at it before my 20s. I am very possibly fooling myself about what I was like in the 90s, given that the majority of my socialization was directly in the context of one of my special interests.

Shutdowns/Meltdowns: 25. I have shutdowns several times a week. Meltdowns are much rarer but tend to become shutdowns because I "implode" fairly frequently. I used to have meltdowns in stores and other public places all the time and would leave to get away from everything, and sometimes end up leaving shopping carts full of stuff right at the cash register. I didn't usually express them, but imploded then, too. I am somewhat better at staying in overloading environments, although it can cost. When I did have jobs I took "too many" bathroom breaks to get away from overload.

Executive Functioning: 25. I even tend to have strict routines and unpredictable sleeping patterns at the same time. Things that throw off my schedule can destroy me for days, more rarely weeks. I also find cleaning and cooking to be much harder than they probably should be. Both work better if I have instructions while doing them (say a written list or verbal direction - but not too much verbal direction at once). I can't drive.

Speech: This one's hard for me to categorize: If I stick to the lowest applicable, I would pick 25. I am able (I think) to use tone of voice and I know I can use casual speech, but I also rely a lot on scripts and occasionally lose speech for periods of time.

Sensory: 25. Sensory overload is my primary cause for shutdowns and I seem to have some degree of auditory processing disorder. I do in fact restrict my diet for sensory reasons (food textures mostly, taste somewhat less). I do, in fact, wear t-shirts in freezing weather.

For the record, I will be 42 in a month, so I am not sure if I am older than she meant or the age she intended (middle adulthood) this to cover.

I do seem to have a lot of 25s. I appreciate Callista laying all of these out.

Employment - 85 - I worked in retail (where I was under-appreciated, but greatly missed when I left) for six year and then started my current job
Family - 5 - I don't know where to begin and it's starting to really bother me
Self care - 75 - I sometimes need to get advice on things, but I live independently, have a car, etc.
Education - 75 - Working on Master #2 and perhaps a Ph.D down the line. Working at a university has its perks
Friendship - 75 - I don't have any "close" friends, but I have a strong social network
Meltdowns - 95 - I rarely have them
Executive functioning - 75 - Sometimes I get distracted and am not the most organized person out there
Speech - 95 - People understand me most of the time, but sometimes the foreign accent gets in the way
Sensory - 95 - Loud noises may make me jump and there would be few things worse than a loud concert/football game, but they are easy to avoid.

Employment:
5th percentile
Although, I don't get to chores most of the time. But I wouldn't say I'm unemployable. I expect that I will be employable once I get through schooling and have developed some more independent living skills. I was going to apply for a student job this summer, but even when taking only one class, I realized that if I couldn't even fix meals or do dishes as needed, I would have a hard time attending to both school and a job at the same time.

Family: ... (I have never been in a relationship, do want one, but have never tried it out so I don't know how difficult I'd find it.)

Self-care:
5th percentile: Except I don't need a companion animal and I live alone. My parents come by every week to help me get stuff done, though.

Education (Assuming it is desired):
25th percentile
High school graduate with an IEP. However, professors have acknowledged I am highly capable academically, and I am sure I could get a PhD once I've addressed the independent living issues better (since I have done well in college classes while in high school). Unfortunately, when I had the IEP, spec.ed. teachers ignored my stated need to develop these skills - if I had had some kind of intervention on these skills earlier, I may not be this delayed at all and have even managed moving out to college early. As it was, I wasn't ready to live on my own for college at 19, much less 17 or 18.

Friendships & Social Skills:
5th - 95th percentile
All over the map, here. I have a goodly number of friends, people I am still in touch with and have conversations six years after meeting them, and can be very social and expressive at times. There are a number of times when people mistake me for high or having a seizure though because of shutdown and deteriorating auditory processing skills / sensory overload, though. And I appear unmistakably odd in public, probably because I'm more anxious when around people (maybe I get NT bonus points for being aware of this?)

Meltdowns:
25th percentile - 95th percentile
I have problems like these pretty often, but it is much less a problem than when I was a kid. I can usually push through if I'm doing something important. It takes a lot of stress for full-on meltdowns nowadays.


Executive Functioning:
25th percentile - 50th percentile
Absolutely on the lower end for keeping up house, fixing meals, etc., but typically it's more like forgetting things, ADHD-like (but I don't have ADHD - my concentration took a nosedive after a head injury, when it was fine before). I started to figure out how to use the planning features of my old iTouch, as well as implementing a new system for time management and scheduling that's going well and improving.

Speech/Language:
25th percentile - 95th percentile
I know how to vary my tone and body language and such for different people, and can usually speak eloquently and spontaneously on a topic of interest (even when I am less interested, depending). But sometimes I just can't think of anything, or how to translate ideas to words, and I either don't respond or use echolalia or something. These lapses of speech have been confused for seizures, and seizures have been confused for autism-speech problems. Actually, more common than echolalia is for me to start stuttering and speaking with seemingly random grammar, sometimes a string of words where the connection isn't immediately obvious to others.

Sensory:
95th percentile, mostly -
Things that used to be major problems like accidental touching with strangers or noisy crowded places and perfumes and other scented products and cigarettes are hardly an issue to me anymore (desensitization worked for me, though it was the down-and-dirty kind from natural exposure, rather than any program). Though I have been known to wear T-shirts in the dead of a New York winter.

I'm 21 BTW.