Can NTs score high on the aspie test too

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I think the thing with the rdos test that many people don't seem to realise is, there are alot of 'dummy questions', rdos has a set of questions buried deep within, which he uses to indentify possible aspieness, he then adds questions to see if they correlate. If something correlates heavily he will look into it further, expand on it.

Wolfpup - a score of 34 AQ is aspie - its scored out of 50, with 80% of aspies getting 32 or higher.
If your happy using excel you can find Baron-Cohens Adult Asperger Assessment here, The Autism Reseach Centre - Adult Asperger's Assessment
If you download the paper referenced at the bottom as well, that has all of the questions listed in the appendix.

This is what rdos had at the end of the last quiz, as he is trying to get them to correlate. It also does your EQ for you, and summarises some stuff as well. It is by no means a diagnosis, but an insight nonetheless.

I think the things that got me about Thinking in Pictures were the somewhat sweeping statements that NT's do not think in pictures - lots of her descriptions about her thought processes, seeing memories like a tape recorder - so they play out in front of you, seeing things out of body as well, so you are able to see yourself in your memory (something that really shouldn't be possible). The other thing that got me was the 3 dimensional mind - I had encountered this before from a friend describing the way his dyslexic mind worked differently to 'normal people' - this really confused me since I think like that as does my mum (and most likely my grandad and great grandad) and decided he must be talking a load of rubbish. I cannot comprehend anything other than the way in which I think (I guess thats theory of mind stuff) - but I have realised I often look at things from a different perspective to people, will see things in something many don't consider.
I think lastly, was her love of stimulation through tightness - sounds wierd, but I think I have that a bit - I love tightening up rucksack straps, shoes, everything so that you can really feel it - I guess it makes me feel safe and secure, this is by far the least relevant but was still another lightbulb. There was an interesting insight into divinity and god, made real sense to me.
Really, Thinking in Pictures was a monologue on Temples life, with some added info on medication etc. She is a truly amazing person. if you liked her other stuff it is highly recommended

If you scoll down and use the google searcher on the left hand side with Stimming you'' pull up lots of threads.

Temple mentioned one of her sister's is a visual thinker and she isn't autistic either or on the spectrum. She uses it to fix up houses or rooms by creating the image in her head and using it. I'd have to look at the book again to see what she exactly said.

I just took the "Empathy Quotient" test and got a 16 out of 80, which is supposed to be in the ASD range, for whatever that's worth.

It was interesting reading The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships, because while Temple thinks in pictures, the other guy (Sean I think?) is the exact opposite. Quite a few things were like that.

I think in pictures, but also have a constant monolog (sometimes dialog ) with myself. I have no idea if I'm normal in how I think or not, but I know my "thinking in pictures" isn't anywhere as advanced as how Temple describes it.

With Stimming-I still don't know if I ever do that. I don't THINK I do. I do often catch myself like bouncing my leg or tapping a finger or something if I'm nervous, but I think that's just normal for most people. (I'm bouncing my leg right now as it so happens, until I noticed it.)

I agree that some stimming is normal (somewhere I read everyone does it - and I even read that 10% of ASD don't...)