Just took the AQ Test

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Got a 42.

Answered all the q's to the best of my ability.

Now I'm off to research what that means exactly.

Anything above 32 (or 36, depending on where you read it) means possibility of autism. Some people score high and aren't autistic, though. Just share the traits, which is what it's testing you on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism-spectrum_quotient

OK people let's start anew and keep it civil, please.

Let's respect OP; and OP rather report then respond to anything you might consider inappropriate.

What happened to all the replies? There was another article linked with the threshold being 36 and all the stats on the scores but most of the replies have been deleted (I guess because the mods don't want yet another argument over what Cryos posts, but still, I don't know why that one was deleted)

yes, I removed everything since I didn't want another bickering thread.

Let's all respect each other, please.

that one was deleted since it was a response to a post which was deleted.

you have a more detailed test here:

http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php

Here is diagnostic criteria for AS:

http://www.autreat.com/dsm4-aspergers.html

Hope that helps somewhat.

Huh is there somewhere online to take said test?

Molecular Autism published research in January by Ruzich et al. which showed that 36 is again the threshold among more than 6,900 individuals ( http://docs.autismresearchcentre.com/pa ... lation.pdf ).

In this month's Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Hesselmark et al. determined that "[a]lthough self-reported measures are frequently used to assess adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), the validity of self-reports is under-researched in ASD. The core symptoms of ASD may negatively affect the psychometric properties of self-reported measures. The aim of the present study was to test the validity and reliability of self-reported data using the NEO personality inventory-revised (NEO-PI-R). Forty-eight adults with ASD and 53 controls completed the NEO-PI-R and a psychiatric interview. Results indicate satisfactory internal consistency of the NEO-PI-R, a satisfactory factor structure, predicted correlations with clinician ratings in the ASD group, and predicted differences in personality between the ASD group and controls. In conclusion, the present results support the use of self-reported measures when assessing adults with ASD" ( http://link.springer.com/article/10.100 ... 014-2275-7 ). This suggests that self-reported screening tests have validity in the diagnostic assessment.

Here you go: http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html

An auto-scored version of the test was published in 2001 by Wired magazine ( http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html ). For a little more information about it and what individual-answer scores mean, the written version of the test is available at the University of Cambridge Autism Research Centre web site ( http://autismresearchcentre.com/arc_tests ). The ARC web site also includes several factor tests including, most notably, the Empathy Quotient (EQ), Friendship and Relationship Quotient (FQ) and Systemizing Quotient (SQ) tests.

Oh, could have sworn it was replying to my one since he gave me the fact that 36 is the new one and 32 was the old one, but my mistake. He's posted it again though.

This is the test I like the best because it offers increased detail on strengths/weaknesses. The AQ is a good, basic test, but this one is more comprehensive.

Ok so I took the AQ test and I got 38. I'll have to take that other more in depth one sometime, that sounds interesting.