Are these two an autism things ?

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I'm taking an online autism test and one of the questions is "Do you like to follow (walk behind) people you are attached to?" ...I've never read anything about this before.

Is this a common autism thing?

And actively avoiding girls that have shown interest in you - is that also an autism thing?

Hmm I don't particularly like to follow...and I hate having people walking directly behind me, I either have to be further back than them...or far enough ahead they aren't directly behind me. As for avoiding girls or in the case of females guys that express interest I don't think its an autism thing per say at least I have never seen either of those things in the diagnostic criteria. I personally find it much easier to interact with people who initiate an interaction or show interest...otherwise I have some weird kind of mental block that prevents me from going up to people and initiating interactions unless I know them or its a situation its expected to talk to them....like a cashier at a store. I guess its not a weird mental block but autism lol. I guess if someone expressed interest in a really indirect way, but still wanted me to make the first move....I would have a difficult time showing interest back.

Being "attached" to someone has little meaning to me, so why I would follow someone I was "attached" to I don't know

I am apparently awful at telling if a girl is into me (which makes it rather fortunate that I'm gay, guys are more obvious) but I would tend to avoid someone being over the top too. The question as you've put it though sounds like it's talking in the social mind-gamey sense.


Are you sure these aren't questions designed so that NTs would answer affirmatively?

I do this sometimes, but not as much as I use to. I use to walk behind my dad a lot and he would tell that it made him uncomfortable so I don't think I do it very much anymore. Sometimes I still do it without realizing it though and the people I'm doing it to usually say something about it.

I'm also not usually interested in guys that like me. I usually end up liking the guys that are somehow unavailable to me. I think this might just be a coincidence though. I meant to add that to the other post.

[literalist mode] well, if i'm "attached", i got little choice... [/literalist]

no, i don't like to do that, i dont like standing too close to someone anyway, but walking close is a physical challenge as well; my steps are at least half larger than theirs...


dont think everything in that quiz is an aspie trait; many are written such that agreeing would be an NT thing, and some are completely neutral either way.
it is designed that way, to filter out any bias and prevent manipulation of the results; answering "strongly yes" on everything will get you the neutral result