What were your ADOS scores?

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I've seen lots of threads for AQ, EQ and other measures.

I'm curious about variation in ADOS scores, if you have them what were yours?

Mine were much higher than I expected - I'm pretty mild so I expected to hover just above threshold. Were you anticipating your score? Surprised by it?

I did Module 4.

It would be good if you put a link to the site where you took that test.

I was given Module 4 of the ADOS-2 as part of my evaluation. I don't think it's the kind of thing you could take online, it was interactive with the examiner. The notes in the evaluation say "Mr. 441 had difficultly[sic] in the story-telling tasks of the ADOS-2 which demanded imagination and story-making; he tended to give concrete responses (e.g., describe details of a picture) with little to no inference making. A number of times during clinical interviewing, Mr. 441 misunderstood this clinician’s questions, largely because the question was open-ended and somewhat abstract. "

Communication: 2 (Autism cutoff: 3; Autism spectrum cutoff: 2)
Reciprocal Social Interaction: 6 (Autism cutoff: 6; Autism spectrum cutoff: 4)
Total: 9 (Autism cutoff: 10; Autism Spectrum cutoff: 7)
Classification: Autism spectrum

I really have no idea how they added 2+6 and got 9. Maybe it's weighted or something.

I didn't really have any expectations for this. I guess what I really want is for some NT people I know to take the test so I can see what the frogs were up to that I apparently was unable to figure out.

My ADOS-2 module 4 (adult) scores were reported as:

--Social Affect (SA) (Communication and Reciprocal Social Interaction) = 9
--Restricted and Repetitive Behavior (RRB) = 2
--SA + RRB Total = 11 (Autism cut-off = 8; Autism Spectrum cut-off = 10)

My self-reported SRS-2 Subscale scores were reported as:

--Social Awareness = 58 (Within Normal Limits)
--Social Cognition = 60 (Moderate Range)
--Social Communication = 75 (Moderate Range)
--Social Motivation = 81 (Severe Range)
--Restrictive /Repetitive Behaviors ≥90 (Severe Range)
--SRS Total Score = 78 (Severe Range)

The verbal description of my diagnosis was that I "have mild autism with very, very high intelligence" according to one of my two diagnosticians. My overall score for the ADOS-2 module 4 (adult) tests was 11. The other of my diagnosticians and I laughed that my SRS Subscale scores showed a increase of severity as my interaction with others continues (we prefered to believe that I have little tolerance for interaction as time passes; hehe).

I have no idea and I never found the report for it if I even took it for my testing when I was 12.

SRS-2 Subscale scores were:

Social Awareness = 58 (Normal Range)
Social Cognition = 74 (Moderate Range)
Social Communication = 71 (Moderate Range)
Social Motivation = 79 (Severe Range)
Restrictive/Repetitive Behaviors = 68 (Moderate Range)
Total Score = 73 (Moderate Range)

I was surprised at how high it was. I had it expected to be diagnosed ASD, but maybe on the mild end, since I have a job and a spouse, and I've spent a lot of time practicing facial expressions in the mirror, body language, voice, social scripts, and eye contact. This was mostly because people all called me weird, and I was desperately trying to figure out how to act the way other people do. I wound up being 3 points below Severe, so I guess I don't mask it as well as I think I do.

She noted that I stop having facial expressions when I'm working on a task (since I mostly only move my face when I remember to do so), that I don't reciprocate much in conversation (didn't know that), and apparently I stim a lot more than I realize.

My communication total was 5, RSI total was 8, total score, 13, 3 points above the cutoff. I apparently demonstrated "abnormalities in... speech, particularly regarding having only small variation in pitch and tone", "frequently use[d] odd words or phrases," and was " able to demonstrate some degree of understanding of others' emotions, though [my] assessment was not always accurate."

When I took the ADOS-2, the report they gave me didn't actually list a number.

It must have been a low score though. Here was the written description of my results:

I'm not great at summarizing, but this was the text of my ADOS:

I know this thread is old, but I just got back the results of an assessment. I had been having trouble with work again so I went in for an assessment last winter to see whether I could get some more information and guidance on coping strategies. JUST got the report. Anyway, my ADOS-2 total was 8, which is just into the mild ASD range, but she decided to keep my existing diagnosis of nonverbal learning disorder because of later onset of social issues and lack of restricted interests. Also, I scored in the normal range on the SRS-2. She did code the NLD diagnosis differently though- the previous diagnostician had coded it as LD-NOS (since NLD is *still* not in the DSM!), while this clinician gave me Neurodevelopmental Disorder with nonverbal learning deficits.

This is what she said about my ADOS-2:

I am glad that the second diagnostician looked into everything further. Good for you for getting through all that, it's hard (I thought so anyhow.)

Mine was an 8 also; I've had so many years to watch how to "act normal" that I know I would have scored differently 30 years ago. At 31, you have also had a lot of social observation and practice time. Also -- females apparently can be more motivated to observe, mimic etc. in social settings; that eventually turns into a large skill set for some of us. Our brains' fMRIs are somewhat different on average from male autistics when socializing too.

However, applying this internalized sort-of-model of social interaction, though really fast now for me, takes loads of energy, and doesn't work for me if the situation is too complex/chaotic/long-lasting etc. I get very spacy, can't actually feel the left side of my body too well? Weird stuff that I used to totally not even notice because fitting in was such a survival priority. Noticing my emotions, things like the effects of overstress is really hard for me, that's part of where I'm very slow in spite of a very high "IQ". But having a diagnosis gave me big hints about where to look.

Wouldn't it be great if there were more actual resources for adults, to help us figure out how this affects us, once we get the diagnosis??? (I find youtubes the best, like Dr. Tony Attwood.)

The ADOS-2 (module 4, for adults) is supposed to have some stuff that helps the diagnoser "see" the way certain adult female autistics function (inc. the parts where we can differ from most male autistics, from whom the tests were generally developed), but I bet that is still imperfect and will improve with time, it's still quite new.

Re. coping strategies... Dr. Tony Attwood's book "Been there, done that, try this" -- sounds like a possibility? He seems to be one of the few clinicians with decades of experience with female aspies amongst his clients. I haven't read it, but maybe?

I don't know what these numbers mean really, but these are my scores on my recent ADOS-2, which was part of my diagnosis, which I only got a week or two ago.