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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's the highest someone's ever scored on the AQ Test? |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2017, 11:27 pm
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Replies: 19
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| 45? Do we have a higher bidder? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's the highest someone's ever scored on the AQ Test? |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2017, 11:03 pm
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Replies: 19
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Here's something I'm curious to know...what's the highest score anyone has ever gotten on Simon Baron-Cohen's AQ Test?
http://aspergerstest.net/aq-test/
They say no one will share all the symptoms, but...has there ever been a perfect 50?
Has anyone scored 49? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Misdiagnosis? Do I have autism? |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2017, 10:59 pm
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Replies: 11
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| You guys seem to be jumping to insist that Lazyflower must really be "it". Yes, a person can learn to manage symptoms, but Lazyflower seems to be saying she never had those symptoms to begin with. No special interests, no problems with eye contact, no stimming. Of course, this depends on h... |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: How is armchair diagnosing not against the rules? |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2017, 10:48 pm
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Replies: 59
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| But there are diagnosed members saying they like loud music or loud trains or concerts. Did you just undiagnose them too? Well, normally their AQ's are high, and they only have a few things that don't seem to fit the Asperger's profile. But with Savegraudation, it's combined with: 3. He said he sco... |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: How is armchair diagnosing not against the rules? |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2017, 12:23 am
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Replies: 59
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| Well that OP has already been diagnosed so it's impossible to armchair diagnose. We can only armchair undiagnose. I'll start armchair undiagnosing! 1. He doesn't have a special interest, something that applies to only 10% of Aspies. 2. He loves loud noises. It's very hard to find an Aspie who likes... |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: How is armchair diagnosing not against the rules? |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2017, 6:05 pm
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Replies: 59
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| Nobody's saying "Yes, you're definitely autistic". In this thread (https://wrongplanet.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=296940&start=15 ), one poster says, "Oh, you are definitely ASD of some sort". (I have posts in that thread too, and the OP did not come off as autistic/Aspie to... |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: Are the diagnoses on our profiles going to be updated? |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2017, 9:03 pm
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Replies: 10
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| How about a category for people who have a mental/neurological disorder but not an ASD? |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: Percentages on multiple-choice-allowed polls |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2017, 6:10 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 434
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| Could someone please fix the polls so that, when multiple choices are allowed, they show the number of people picking each response divided by the number of people who responded, rather than divided by the total number of responses that were picked? At my poll on what subculture you are/were in hig... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What are your favourite colours? |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2017, 8:40 pm
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Replies: 37
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: How is armchair diagnosing not against the rules? |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2017, 8:54 pm
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Replies: 59
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leejosepho wrote: WoW_Wow wrote: leejosepho wrote: What is a "corner-case Aspie"? A corner-case Aspie is someone who is on the dar end of what is diagnosable as Asperger's. I thank you for the explanation, and I assume you actually mean it is the diagnosable stuff that is at the far end and not the Aspie.
Yes, I do! |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: How is armchair diagnosing not against the rules? |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2017, 1:30 am
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Replies: 59
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| What is a "corner-case Aspie"? A corner-case Aspie is someone who is on the dar end of what is diagnosable as Asperger's. To explain, consider the thread https://wrongplanet.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=298539 , in which the OP asks: "What thing ("symptom" / "quirk"... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Sorry I have to ask this |
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Posted: 07 Jan 2017, 4:01 am
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Replies: 245
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| I don't have a special interest. Forgive me if I'm mixing you up with someone else...but weren't you the girl who was so excited to see a bus outside (because buses are one of your special interests) that you rushed to see it and forgot to pick up the forms you had filled out when you were applying... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Female African American Aspie new to this site. |
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Posted: 07 Jan 2017, 2:13 am
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| Welcome, Mallysa. I'm Andrew (or WoW_Wow on this forum). I won't be much help in finding an African-American female Aspie...I'm a heterosexual twentysomething white boy who's a nerd and an atheist. I know, I sound so typical for an Aspie. But I've met other black female Aspies posting their introduc... |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: The Aspie bragging thread |
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Posted: 07 Jan 2017, 2:06 am
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Replies: 10
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| In this thread, we'll talk about how Aspieish we are and see if we can out-Aspie each other I live in my parents' basement playing World of Warcraft all day. I've played both sides, not just Alliance. When other people said someone was smirking, I never noticed or knew how to identify a smirk. Plus ... |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: How is armchair diagnosing not against the rules? |
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Posted: 07 Jan 2017, 1:58 am
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Replies: 59
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| Nobody's saying "Yes, you're definitely autistic". In this thread (https://wrongplanet.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=296940&start=15 ), one poster says, "Oh, you are definitely ASD of some sort". (I have posts in that thread too, and the OP did not come off as autistic/Aspie to... |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: Percentages on multiple-choice-allowed polls |
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Posted: 07 Jan 2017, 12:15 am
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Replies: 2
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| Could someone please fix the polls so that, when multiple choices are allowed, they show the number of people picking each response divided by the number of people who responded, rather than divided by the total number of responses that were picked? At my poll on what subculture you are/were in high... |
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