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bkleespies
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19 Oct 2018, 12:38 pm

I am convinced my husband has Aspergers. He went to a specialist and took the test which indicated he does not have Aspergers. When I stumbled upon Aspergers about a year ago I felt so much relief that there was an explanation for his behavior. How accurate are these tests? We are on the verge of divorce after 20 years. I just can’t do it anymore.



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19 Oct 2018, 12:40 pm

For me, pretty accurate. I fell comfortably in the "yep, you've got Aspergers" range in every test I did, and then got diagnosed as such.


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19 Oct 2018, 12:52 pm

It was very accurate for me. I did several of those before I got my diagnose and they all said I probably have it. Did he really answer 100% truthfully to all questions? It's also possible he might have something else. Both ADD and ADHD are often confused with aspergers and I was almost diagnosed with ADD myself but I have too many symptoms that indicate aspergers. Try having him take other tests as well.



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19 Oct 2018, 12:54 pm

An "Aspie Test" administered by an appropriately-trained and licensed specialist in the study of Autism Spectrum Disorders is far more accurate and reliable then any on-line test, and infinitely more accurate and reliable than mere intuition alone.



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19 Oct 2018, 1:38 pm

In the UK, NICE, the body which determines standards for our National Health Service, recommends using the Autism Quotient Test (AQ50) and the Empathy Quotient Test (EQ) as a component of formal screening tests. They're basically taken as good indications that a formal assessment is advisable (they were used at the screening appointment for my formal autism assessment, self-administered without prior briefing)


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19 Oct 2018, 3:57 pm

I scored 28, which puts me in between NT and AS. I do have some of the key features of Asperger's, such as intense special interests and social awkwardness. The score has stayed consistent even though my level of function has greatly improved over ten years.



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19 Oct 2018, 4:04 pm

Why are you on the verge of divorce and what are the issues you can't cope with?



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19 Oct 2018, 8:08 pm

Seems to me like an open question is:
Should you be trusting the results of this particular professional / team, or would they in fact be contradicted by someone with more expertise?



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20 Oct 2018, 3:49 pm

There's no one test that can tell you whether you have Aspergers or not. A diagnosis generally comes from a variety of things, including some tick-the-box screening tests like the AQ test, EQ test and RAADS-R, interviews of the person undergoing assessment, information from family/partners/friends (info from your parents is often important to establish you had symptoms before aged 5, but not always essential, and you might be unaware of things that people close to you have noticed). Then there are a number of assessment tools such as the ADOS which involves a series of individual tests which look at observable aspects of social communication and imagination etc (i.e. they get you to do things like read a story from a book with just pictures, solve a puzzle, tell a story using certain objects etc). None of these things are designed to be used as a stand alone test. For assessing an adult, it's also important an assessor takes into account that a) people may not show symptoms until social demands outstrip their abilities (e.g. it's quite common in girls to seem fairly okay in primary school and then begin to fall apart socially as they go into puberty and friendship becomes more complex and based on different things), and b) people learn as they grow up to 'mask' their symptoms and develop coping skills so an adult might be quite good at hiding their deficits.

'Specialists' can be wrong but no one can say how likely that is. If you don't trust it, get a second opinion?



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20 Oct 2018, 9:38 pm

bkleespies wrote:
He went to a specialist and took the test

No one can say how accurate the test is without knowing which test he took.

How much does the accuracy really matter, though? I'm asking because you say that you are on the verge of divorce, which seems far more serious than any test and can't be fixed with an Asperger's diagnosis.