Interpretation of RAADS test results

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I just took the test a 3rd time getting almost the same results. I was diagnosed last year, both of my parent have a score around 70ish, I have one female cousin who tested close to my scores. The sensory is clearly a way to measure how likely it is that we have sensory "issues"/ sensory processing disorder. Last year I married my Husband who has the exact same Raads score as I do
Total Score: 184
Language: 18
Social: 85
Sensory: 48
Interests: 33
My mother hoped she was on the Spectrum which was as heart warming as it was annoying :') (She is not on the spectrum but has high IQ with a sprinkle of sensitivity and without gifted traits)
The sociology major Woman is incredibly interesting. Any NT that is interested in understanding ( and actually does understand) the Autism Spectrum is virtually a hero in my World
Generally I work well on a team of specific personality types, if the wrong type is in my environment then they create a hostile social environment that ultimately pushes me out. I don't think having Aspergers means there is something wrong with ME... it can lead others to mistrust me simply because I don't engage in their small talk about things that truly don't matter or interest me. I'm always the top performer wherever I work and not everyone we come across NT or ND will be nice. Aspergers who are high functioning have a specific way of accidentally offending people because we don't carry the same levels of logic, truth is most important if we want to improve and that's not the main goal of most. It not true that's Aspies don't change, many of us do force ourselves into necessary change because we are highly self aware.
On topic I want more information on the individual Raads R scores ^.^

Quizzes like the RAADS-R and AQ are screening aids in the right setting. They help assessors and diagnostician eliminate a candidate who in not likely to be on the autism spectrum, pick up those collections of traits which are consistent with being on the spectrum and those interesting borderline areas which will make the biggest calls on their experience and judgement.

There is a filmed presentation on You Tube with the late Lorna Wing. It wad I think put up BT the UKs National Autistic Society, and filmed a couple of years before Lorna Died.

In it Lorna Wing expressed her conclusions that it was the Social deficits which were the key feature of the Autism Spectrum.

If this particular screening tool is picking up social traits and blind spots then that would be a strong clue to an assessor your profile had some consistencies with a core feature of the autism spectrum.

Test taken by you on 5 May 2017 (average score of female autistics):

Total score: 225.0 (163.1)
Language: 21.0 (13.0)
Social relatedness: 108.0 (76.4)
Sensory/motor: 57.0 (42.4)
Circumscribed interests: 39.0 (31.3)

Wow, my scores are high! Of course, if the options included "most of the time", "some of the time", and "very little of the time", I might have gotten a more sensible score.

Test taken by relative on 5 May 2017:
Total score: 199.0
Language: 21.0
Social relatedness: 91.0
Sensory/motor: 48.0
Circumscribed interests: 39.0

I asked my twin sister to also take the test, answering for me. She kept giggling, and answering, "God yes!" or "Hell no!" It was enlightening and entertaining.

I know this is old, but I also noticed the NT controls averaged above the AS threshold of 65.

When I took it, there was a reference table for results and I noted that my 135:
* Language 18 was higher than ASD avg
* Social Relatedness 53 was higher than NT avg
* Sensory/motor 35 was same as suspected ASD avg
* Circumscribed interests 29 was same as suspected ASD avg

I am an extroverted, feeling, 2e ASD type.

Mine had a total of 163, with a really high score in circumscribed interests...

With me, I have few sensory issues and my empathy isn't that bad, but I am Ms. Stim lol and extreme special interests. It's a spectrum for a reason.

Results from even the most trusted tests/assessments need to be taken with "a grain of salt!"

LINK discussing 'RAADS-R' assessments:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3134766/

Very very interesting.