What's your ST-SCP type? QUIZ ADDED!

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Which category describes you the best?

NSC - Have a diagnosis	10%	[ 5 ]
NSC - Self-diagnosed	8%	[ 4 ]
SASC - Have a diagnosis	2%	[ 1 ]
SASC - Self-diagnosed	2%	[ 1 ]
WISC - Have a diagnosis	6%	[ 3 ]
WISC - Self-diagnosed	0%	[ 0 ]
ESC - Have a diagnosis	34%	[ 17 ]
ESC - Self-diagnosed	22%	[ 11 ]
CSC - Have a diagnosis	12%	[ 6 ]
CSC - Self-diagnosed	2%	[ 1 ]
SCSC - Have a diagnosis	2%	[ 1 ]
SCSC - Self-diagnosed	0%	[ 0 ]
RSC - Have a diagnosis	0%	[ 0 ]
RSC - Self-diagnosed	0%	[ 0 ]

Total votes : 50

dobrolvr
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24 Dec 2011, 1:42 am

ESC

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24 Dec 2011, 2:02 am

I got NSC, I don't know why though.

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24 Dec 2011, 12:55 pm

I got the CSC and it still fits me even as adult.

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My Result: Challenged Social Communicator (CSC)
on quiz: Social Communication - Social Thinking Profile
This subtype often presents with obvious social communication problems in early childhood, usually leading to a diagnosis of autism. Language delays are present and persist across the lifespan. They easily become overwhelmed and inattentive in unstructured settings and often work best in highly structured settings with clear expectations. They can appear aloof as although they desire interaction, they struggle to pay attention when the topic of discussion is not relevant to them. Many have significant 'context blindness', which is a serious problem socially but may lead them to notice details that others miss. Most have a specific area of intense interest. Changes in routine tend to provoke anxiety, while social anxiety in this group is virtually unheard of. Often they do quite well at reading decoding, but struggle at comprehending what they read. They have extreme difficulty with narrative language, often leading their conversation partner to do '20 questions' to figure out what they are trying to say. They need to be explicitly taught social skills as they will not pick these up naturally. In addition, generalizing skills from one setting to another is difficult, so they often need to be retaught skills in multiple settings.
Treatment: In early childhood, ABA and Floortime are helpful for establishing basic communication and social skills. They require individualized instruction because it is very difficult for them to learn in a group setting. Structured programs such as TEACCH are helpful to build independence skills. Once they can communicate readily they need to be taught basic social concepts such as that other people have minds, that their beliefs may not mesh with reality and that it's possible to manipulate other people's beliefs.
Prognosis: Most can attain a certain level of independence by following a routine, however they need to be monitored because they may not realize when a problem is arising. They can learn skills for employment in a variety of highly structured, routine-based jobs. Most do not benefit from university programs because they are hands-on learners with difficulty generalizing.

http://www.socialthinking.com/images/st ... .26.10.pdf

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24 Dec 2011, 4:09 pm

Did the test twice because I presented significantly differently as a kid than I do today.

As a 10 year old: ESC.

Today: NSC.

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24 Dec 2011, 5:02 pm

anneurysm wrote:

Did the test twice because I presented significantly differently as a kid than I do today.

As a 10 year old: ESC.

Today: NSC.

I think it is quite normal with many of us, since this whole concept of learning social thinking and social communication brings us closer to the NT world gradually. Some do better, some worse. It depends on many factors, not only on the individual. ASD is a developmental disorder, and eventually it is up to our fortune how much we can manage to catch up to our age group.

Many adults who had been diagnosed as toddlers or kids are now much less autistic, and might not even meet the diagnostic criteria of an ASD any more, even when their history and the way their brain is wired clearly indicate they are still autistic. However, there's a possibility that we learn what it means to be more social, gain awareness, and still struggle with all this socializing stuff... Either way, it could pretty much screw up the results of the quiz.

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24 Dec 2011, 11:15 pm

ESC in the house.

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25 Dec 2011, 10:42 pm

I scored ESC, but when I read through the extensive descriptions kfisher posted previously, I felt like I belonged in a more severe group.

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25 Dec 2011, 10:50 pm

From what some people are scoring, I suspect that either the test is biased toward scoring milder than the descriptions would say, or that people have a tendency to understate some of the answers.

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26 Dec 2011, 5:27 am

ESC, with a diagnosis. It fits, and I also read Angel_ryan's C/P of the CSC and there are some traits on there that fits me well. It makes complete sense that ESC was what I got as a result. I tried to the best of my ability to apply myself to answer the questions for when I was a teenager, and I believe it's pretty accurate. I'm not much different from when I was younger, except with more experience, but still with a lot of aloofness.

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26 Dec 2011, 5:59 am

Makes sense that ESC would be the majority. That's the category where things start to be a significant issue for you, where you'll get into trouble if you don't get some kind of assistance. Better than that, and you either lose your diagnosis in childhood or you don't get diagnosed at all. I guess the milder categories probably represent some of the older people who've been muddling along for a while, learning things on their own; and some of the younger ones who are going to lose the diagnosis but haven't yet... Or just people who don't have a particularly strong social component to their ASDs, whose primary ASD traits are sensory/perception and cognitive.

Tests like this can only go so far, though. There's no way these categories are any more than labels from a measurement tool--they're not some pre-existing subtypes that the test is measuring. It's more like a grade on a test in school, measuring generally what you know about socializing right then--a sort of average. You might be very good at one thing and very bad at something else, and someone in the same group as you could have the exact opposite traits. You can't tell from the category what a person's specific traits are.

So, sure, useful, as a way to measure your progress in learning how to communicate with people; but they'd better not use this to box us into little categories. I've never in my life seen anything good come of that.

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