Resources for Women with Aspergers Syndrome

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i didn't notice this thread until someone else posted a link in another thread. excellent list of resources, thank you for compiling it Kjas!

i stickied up this thread so it is easy to find, but i am doing that carefully. sometimes a sticky thread will actually become *less* popular as people tend to ignore stickies. but this section doesn't have a lot of stickies so i think it'll be ok. plus i don't want the thread to disappear down the next page. let me know if you have any objections.

also, if you want to add anything to the list, since it is beyond the edit limit for you, let a moderator know and we can make changes to the list as needed.

I took the eye expression test one time and I actually did pretty well, does that mean I don't have Asperger's? Of course, still images of eye expressions that don't change or come and go in a microsecond, and actually give you time to think and process in your mind is nothing like real life.

Hi there!

Are you sure the scoring is right for the Questionnaire for Girls with Aspergers Syndrome (QGAS)? You wrote that a score above 23 is ASD, but there are 45 questions and if you gave 1s to every question, you'd get a 45. Which means every person who took the test would get above 23. In fact, it's impossible to get a score lower than 45.

? Can you check this?

Thanks!

Rachel

Thanks for replying!

I see. I think I misunderstood how to score the test. Are you saying that when scoring, a 3 is equal to 0 pts? So how do you get a point when scoring? Anything outside of "normal' counts as a point, whether it's more or less than other girls?

I'm so confused. :p

Thanks again for your help,

Rachel

That's correct.

If you select 1 = 2 points
If you select 2 = 1 point
If you select 3 = 0 points
If you select 4 = 1 point
If you select 5 = 2 points

The reason it's done that way is that these are symptom based questions. Since we can present very differently - it is the extremes they are looking for in a pattern when it comes to symptom based questions - hence the way it is scored.

Example: In my case for the first 3 questions, I selected 1 on the first, 5 on the second and 5 on the third.

And it is those kinds of extremes they are looking for.

I have an ASD child and recently noticed that things he struggled with, I did too. I've been looking through the internet looking for tests.
I scored 162 on RAADS-R
I scored 68 on GQAS
Finally I scored 12 on reading the eyes test

The eyes were the hardest. How can anyone tell any feeling without seeing the rest of the face! Sometimes you can guess from the shape of the eyebrows.

I also tried the Aspie Quiz and scored 149/200 Aspergers Syndrome “very likely an aspie.”
I tried the AQ Autism Spectrum Quotient test and tried the AAA Adult Aspergers Assessment and scored as Aspergers for AQ (35/50. 80% of ASD is over 32)and EQ tests. (16/80. 80% of ASD is under 30)
The I tried the systemising test SQ and scored 114. “You have a very high ability for analysing and exploring a system. Three times as many people with Asperger Syndrome score in this range, compared to typical men, and almost no women score this high.”

I'm not sure whether to speak to a doctor or whether to trawl the internet for more tests. I dont really want aspergers. Maybe I'm just over sympathising with my ASD child?

Today I only took the Eye Expression Test and my score was a 23 and a typical score is 22-30. A score below 20 means a person finds it quite difficult and a score above 30 means a person is above average at determining an expression from the eyes only.

Thanks Kjas for having taken the time to provide this list...It's been of great help. I'm a 46 yo woman. What has your experience been about older women with AS? How does someone of my age who has finally been diagnose get some help?

Thank you again!

Thanks very much! The RAADS-R was very helpful.

For RAADS, I scored 181, for GQAS I scored a 65 and for the eye expression test I scored 25.