How Autistic Are You?

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Bonus question, do you want to be cured or not?

Moderate. I would like meltdowns, challenging behaviour, severe sensory issues and anxiety to go. But I want to keep my obsessive interests, my expansive memory for certain topics in science, my unique view of the world, my total and frank honesty and my hyperfocus.

So half cured and half not. Which would be very difficult, if not impossible, to attain pharmacologically.

I would say i am moderate. My social skills are severely lacking to the point where its severely crippling and i need to stick to routines but other than that it doesn't interfere with my life and i like how i am.

Mild, but my executive dysfunction is moderate. And I do not want a cure.

How do you define these levels of "autistic-ness"?

Depends on what you mean by "autistic".

If you're the type of person who thinks of it as "just a different way of thinking" and/or "misunderstood", you're probably too much of a tool to answer this question truthfully. Same goes for the type of people who think having aspergers makes them genius savants ("Einstein was an aspie therefore I am Einstein!")

And even if you weren't trying to frame it that way, this question is pretty pointless. I mean nobody with actual severe autism would even be able to answer this question, why bother? (also anyone who voted on the "severe" option is a complete tool)

For the most part I'd say moderate but in several areas it's more profound which makes it hard to function on a daily basis. In the areas that I'm missing things that NT's have by default I'd say it's severe.

AS bad as things can be at times I still wouldn't want a cure.

I selected "other" because I don't know where I fall on the scale

Social Skills: Mild to Moderate. I don't have terrible social skills but they are still an issue somewhat. When put into a 1 on 1 conversation, I have trouble knowing how to keep the conversation going other then just asking random questions. I also tend to answer with short responses so people may think i'm uninterested. I also have difficulty knowing what to say to certain things and how to react to humor; I know someone is joking, i just don't know how to respond. I often start conversations by saying something weird or quirky and people may not understand my sense of humor. Finally, I am extra shy around girls my age. I also do have some trouble with reading thoughts, facial expressions, and intentions of others. I do better in group conversations because I don't have to primarily keep the conversation going and I can still say something every once in a while.

Executive Functioning: Moderate. My self-initiative skills are something I need to improve upon. I tend to get overloaded fast if I have to juggle multiple things at once such as doing homework and remembering to turn it in on time, while remembering to pay bills, take money to bank, doing laundry etc. I also have a hard time doing things i'm not interested in and I tend to not try as hard in things in thing I really don't want to do. Theres no way I would have been able to take a full load of college classes and live in a dorm at the age 18, absolutely no way. I also have a hard time improvising in situation I have no idea what i'm supposed to do. Executive function problems are my biggest problems.


Regulating Emotions: Mild. It used to be in the past when I was angry or upset, it really compromised me and I couldn't function. I also had a hard time controlling my anger and I would often take my anger out on objects and just tell myself that I suck. I have matured over the years so that I no longer will kick windows, walk out of classes, or throw stuff when i'm angry. I will every once in a while when i'm playing sports and I lose and I just have to get it out somehow.

Not really sure what you mean by the question. Are you asking if we're high/low functioning or something else? Either way I answered moderate. My social skills leave much to be desired, so I would rate myself severe in that area. I would rate my executive functioning as moderate to severe. I don't have many sensory issues, so that would be mild. In terms of how much autism limits my ability to go to school or maintain a job, I would say it's moderate. I did well in college, but I have yet to find a job in which I don't work at home.

I don't wanna be brainwashed

I have Aspergers so I think my autism is moderate. & No I do not want to be cured of it.

Mild. In terms of developing social skills? I found out that courtesy is easier from where I live than some parts of the world. .. As simple as saying some 2 lettered word in a grammatically correct way, and it could be a tic. XD

I rather be who I'm. Not because I wanted to be this so-called "special-snowflake" person... Because there's practicality from it: like special abilities and bypassing the norm's standards.

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Honestly, I'm not really sure. The signs were fairly obvious when I was a child, but now, it's not so obvious to other people until they really get to know me, and even then, my ability to act "NT" is more of a curse than a gift, as almost no one takes my struggles seriously.