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iCANTthinkOFaNAME
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02 Dec 2017, 2:23 pm

Just out of curiosity whilst looking through my dx letters - As part of the questionnaires in the whole report

Scores from school - 19
ASSQ - 31
AQ - 33

(as y'all know, ASSQ/AQ is part of the DX process in terms of questionnaires)
What are the normal ranges? I got the DX but unsure whether it was ambivalent..



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02 Dec 2017, 2:41 pm

Interesting that you were actually given these numbers. The only thing the psychologist told me was that I have ASD level 1. I didn't do either of these tests as part of my diagnosis

For the AQ test:
0-11 low result – indicating no tendency at all towards autistic traits.
11-21 is the average result that people get (many women average around 15 and men around 17)
22-25 shows autistic tendencies slightly above the population average
26-31 gives a borderline indication of an ASD.
32-50 indicates a strong likelihood of ASD.

The first time I did the AQ test myself via the internet I scored 37. Other times I did it put me usually in the range of 33-38. When I did the test trying to score as low as I could without outright lying, I got 29.

Never done an ASSQ test, but from what I read, it looks like it's for children?


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02 Dec 2017, 3:26 pm

SplendidSnail wrote:
Interesting that you were actually given these numbers. The only thing the psychologist told me was that I have ASD level 1. I didn't do either of these tests as part of my diagnosis

For the AQ test:
0-11 low result – indicating no tendency at all towards autistic traits.
11-21 is the average result that people get (many women average around 15 and men around 17)
22-25 shows autistic tendencies slightly above the population average
26-31 gives a borderline indication of an ASD.
32-50 indicates a strong likelihood of ASD.

The first time I did the AQ test myself via the internet I scored 37. Other times I did it put me usually in the range of 33-38. When I did the test trying to score as low as I could without outright lying, I got 29.

Never done an ASSQ test, but from what I read, it looks like it's for children?


Thanks for your reply. That's interesting to know - thank you. I got given the numbers on my overall diagnostic report. In the UK, all autism conditions are categorically known as an ASD - so no asperger diagnostic can be done. How did you find out the number stat? Pretty interesting. I'm not sure what the ASSQ is for based on age. I'm 17. I'm sure adults wouldn't have this done as it was done by a family member for me.



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02 Dec 2017, 3:44 pm

iCANTthinkOFaNAME wrote:
In the UK, all autism conditions are categorically known as an ASD.

Same in Canada. In the DSM-5 (which is used in Canada and I'm gussing in UK too), Asperger's was lumped into the general Autism Spectrum.

iCANTthinkOFaNAME wrote:
How did you find out the number stat?

I found that table here:
http://aspergerstest.net/interpreting-aq-test-results/

iCANTthinkOFaNAME wrote:
I'm not sure what the ASSQ is for based on age. I'm 17. I'm sure adults wouldn't have this done as it was done by a family member for me.

When I was diagnosed at age 36, the psychologist did interview my parents about my history. I know he was using the ADI-R (Autism Diagnostic Interview) during this interview. I have no idea whether a component of the ADI-R is the ASSQ.


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02 Dec 2017, 4:21 pm

SplendidSnail wrote:
iCANTthinkOFaNAME wrote:
In the UK, all autism conditions are categorically known as an ASD.

Same in Canada. In the DSM-5 (which is used in Canada and I'm gussing in UK too), Asperger's was lumped into the general Autism Spectrum.

iCANTthinkOFaNAME wrote:
How did you find out the number stat?

I found that table here:
http://aspergerstest.net/interpreting-aq-test-results/

iCANTthinkOFaNAME wrote:
I'm not sure what the ASSQ is for based on age. I'm 17. I'm sure adults wouldn't have this done as it was done by a family member for me.

When I was diagnosed at age 36, the psychologist did interview my parents about my history. I know he was using the ADI-R (Autism Diagnostic Interview) during this interview. I have no idea whether a component of the ADI-R is the ASSQ.


Yeah I had the ADI at first, then ASSQ, AQ,and then ADOS. So yes, The ASSQ is conjoined in terms of a DX.



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02 Dec 2017, 4:39 pm

AQ: 42



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02 Dec 2017, 7:12 pm

I got an AQ score of 35.


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02 Dec 2017, 7:32 pm

SplendidSnail wrote:
iCANTthinkOFaNAME wrote:
In the UK, all autism conditions are categorically known as an ASD.

Same in Canada. In the DSM-5 (which is used in Canada and I'm gussing in UK too), Asperger's was lumped into the general Autism Spectrum.

The DSM is not widely used in the UK. The ICD is more popular. However, my understanding is that most clinicians informally prefer to diagnose ASD.



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02 Dec 2017, 9:21 pm

My AQ was 38 and 41 at two different times while doing my diagnosis, and I think around 37 another time I took it online. I got a diagnosis, but the psychologist didn't seem super sure.



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02 Dec 2017, 9:36 pm

kahhh wrote:
I got a diagnosis, but the psychologist didn't seem super sure.

That's got to be really unnerving.

I got my diagnosis 6 months ago and I'm still finding that I'm doubting it quite frequently, even though the psychologist has said that yes, he's absolutely sure. If he weren't so sure, I'd be doubting it even more.


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02 Dec 2017, 9:50 pm

iCANTthinkOFaNAME wrote:
In the UK, all autism conditions are categorically known as an ASD - so no asperger diagnostic can be done.


Unless this has changed in the last year or two that is not the case. I was diagnosed at the Maudsley only a couple of years ago with Aspergers. Most clinicians in the UK use the ICD-10, not the DSM-5.


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