Set of scientific tests related to Autism Spectrum Disorders

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If they had hair it would be easier. That's how I identify most people is by their hair colour or style.

I just feel the need to rant/purge/debrief:

I've always felt different, and until Asperger's made its way onto my radar I never understood why.
My family assumed (somewhat correctly) that I had an issue with anxiety, depression and anger management, but never looked below the surface to see what that was all about.
When I reached my teens and had an episode of mental illness, they were all too happy to accept the diagnosis of schizophrenia, which has since been disregarded by doctors.
My parents on the other hand (as well as my siblings and ex wife) prefer to think I have a mental illness, as facing the fact I may just be cognitively and neurologically different - not ill, and not damaged - doesn't suit their agenda.

There has been entirely too little help for me until recently when I've tried to seek assistance.
several counsellors and doctors have told me just to put it out of my head that I may have Asperger's not because I don't or wont' get diagnosed, but because they think I seem "too normal" - well pardon me, but I've spent 41 years learning how to adapt to play the part of normal in what I see as an abnormal world - I can't just switch it off, as I've learned if I act the way I feel all the time I will be disregarded as an uncommunicative, dysfunctional, and immature person, and won't be taken seriously.

I may feel that I have to put on a façade to fit in, and it may come more natural to me than it used to after all these years, but that doesn't change the fact that it's tiring, it feels inauthentic to me, and that I never feel accepted by those around me, other than the very few who try to understand and truly love me, which sadly does not include my family of origin.

Finally I've found a psychologist that is willing to work with me, and help me achieve a formal diagnosis. Other's have just fobbed me off, and when that happens, I feel abandoned, like what I think feel and experience is not valid, and should be disregarded - you can't continue to see a counsellor that makes you feel that way; if they're not validating you and listening you are wasting your money and time.

The longest I've spent in a job with one employer (though I changed braches and sections numerous times) is 6 years, and even then it was only because my wife worked there too, so I could seek her for support and understanding.
other than that my record is 2 years.
At my age if I can't address my Asperger's and find an employer that understands and accepts, I'll likely either continue the pattern, or will just give up trying to work.
I've already been out of work for almost 2 years, and the thought of attending an interview, or even just revising my resume makes me want to puke.
I don't know what the answer is, but it certainly isn't remaining in the shadows, and pretending that the symptoms of Asperger's have not made my life difficult.
I get why some remain in denial; if you can find your niche without having to declare or get a diagnosis good luck to you, but for the rest of us, it really is the only way to get the help, acknowledgement and acceptance we need, to make our lives feel worthwhile.

Your result for The Broad Autism Phenotype Test:
Autistic/BAP
You scored 127 aloof, 120 rigid and 118 pragmatic
You scored above the cutoff on all three scales. Clearly, you are either autistic or on the broader autistic phenotype. You probably are not very social, and when you do interact with others, you come off as strange or rude without meaning to. You probably also like things to be familiar and predictable and don't like changes, especially unexpected ones.
Your Analysis:
You scored 127% on aloof, higher than 93% of your peers.
You scored 120% on rigid, higher than 89% of your peers.
You scored 118% on pragmatic, higher than 95% of your peers.
You scored 6% on diagnosis, higher than 64% of your peers.

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AQ: 40

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Your Empathizing Quotient is 5. Baron-Cohen (2003) suggests that this means "you have a lower than average ability for understanding how other people feel and responding appropriately."

Your Systemizing Quotient is 65. Baron-Cohen (2003) suggests that this means "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."

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Aspie-quiz:
Your Aspie score: 188 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 14 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

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Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale-Revised (RAADS-R)

Test taken by you on 2 July 2013:
Total score: 219.0 (The average score for females with ASD: 166.1)
Language: 17.0 (The average score for females with ASD: 13.1)
Social relatedness: 105.0 (The average score for females with ASD: 78.2)
Sensory/motor: 55.0 (The average score for females with ASD: 42.9)
Circumscribed interests: 42.0 (The average score for females with ASD: 32.0)

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-broad- ... otype-test

You scored 102 aloof, 97 rigid and 110 pragmatic -

You scored above the cutoff on all three scales. Clearly, you are either autistic or on the broader autistic phenotype. You probably are not very social, and when you do interact with others, you come off as strange or rude without meaning to. You probably also like things to be familiar and predictable and don't like changes, especially unexpected ones.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html

Agree: 2,4,5,6,12,13,20,22,26,33,35,41,42,43,45,46: 1 point
Disagree: 1,10,11,15,17,25,27,28,30,31,36,37,38,44,47: 1 point
Score: 31

http://personality-testing.info/tests/EQSQ.php

Your Empathizing Quotient is 23. Baron-Cohen (2003) suggests that this means "you have a lower than average ability for understanding how other people feel and responding appropriately".

Your Systemizing Quotient is 48. Baron-Cohen (2003) suggests that this means "you have an average ability for analysing and exploring a system".



http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_pa ... gTest=3037

Strengths

· You are aware of your strengths and weaknesses
· You performed well on the emotional integration aspect of the test
· You are driven toward further self-development
· You are able/willing to adapt your social skills to the circumstances around you

Potential Strengths

· You are doing reasonably well in the area of Emotional Understanding
· You chose some reasonably good forms of resolution for others' conflict situations on the test
· Your impulse control is satisfactory
· Your coping skills are satisfactory
· The manner in which YOU would resolve conflict situations on the test were reasonably effective/healthy

Limitations

· Your overall emotional IQ needs improvement
· Improvement is required in the area of Emotional Identification, Perception, and Expression
· Your emotional self-awareness is limited
· You are not very comfortable with emotions in general
· You struggled with recognizing emotions depicted on the test
· Improvement is required in the area of Emotional Facilitation of Thought
· You have a tendency to ruminate excessively
· Your approach to problem solving is not always conducive to resolution
· Your mindset could stand to be more positive
· You don't make it a point to act in accordance with your values
· Your ability to empathize needs improvement
· Your social insight ability limited
· Improvement is required in the area of Emotional Management
· Your self-control needs improvement
· Your resilience/hardiness needs further development
· You are not very self-motivated
· You seem to have difficulty rising above minor issues and annoyances
· You are not very assertive
· Your self-esteem needs to be strengthened
· You do not seem to be very content
· You seem to struggle to act independently
· Your flexibility is limited


http://www.hsperson.com/pages/test.htm

23/30

http://glennrowe.net/BaronCohen/Faces/EyesTest.aspx

Your score: 20
A typical score is in the range 22-30. If you scored over 30,
you are very accurate at decoding a person's facial expressions
around their eyes. A score under 22 indicates you find this quite difficult

http://rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php

Your Aspie score: 145 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 51 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

Your Aspie score: 146 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 79 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

Your Aspie score: 134 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 76 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

On the take the AQ test i got 32.
But i am unsure about what i have i don't want to agree with any doctor i am unsure.

Try the Aspie test, and be sure to read the questions accurately.

Isnt it amazing after all these years of trying to explain what keeps happening and getting nul and then things start making sense. 34 years of looking for someone who could understand and recognise what I spoke of. Playing life in character, and damn I'm good, briefly. I couldnt even volenteer my services at an ashram once they experienced me out of character.

Anyway - I dont see your post as a rant. Bordering on Aspie Biblical Texts.

Does anyone have working links to the EQ SQ-R and Cambridge Face Memory tests?
And maybe this should be compared to the results of the okcupid test, because that could be scored weirdly (I took this from http://staff.science.uva.nl/~michiell/d ... Al2007.pdf)
1—Very rarely 2—Rarely 3—Occasionally
4—Somewhat often 5—Often 6—Very often
Questions:
1. I like being around other people
2. I find it hard to get my words out smoothly
3. I am comfortable with unexpected changes in
plans
4. It’s hard for me to avoid getting sidetracked in
conversation
5. I would rather talk to people to get information
than to socialize
6. People have to talk me into trying something
new
7. I am ‘‘in-tune’’ with the other person during
conversation***
8. I have to warm myself up to the idea of visiting
an unfamiliar place
9. I enjoy being in social situations
10. My voice has a flat or monotone sound to it
11. I feel disconnected or ‘‘out of sync’’ in
conversations with others***
12. People find it easy to approach me***
13. I feel a strong need for sameness from day to day
14. People ask me to repeat things I’ve said because
they don’t understand
15. I am flexible about how things should be done
16. I look forward to situations where I can meet
new people
17. I have been told that I talk too much about
certain topics
18. When I make conversation it is just to be
polite***
19. I look forward to trying new things
20. I speak too loudly or softly
21. I can tell when someone is not interested in what
I am saying***
22. I have a hard time dealing with changes in my
routine
23. I am good at making small talk***
24. I act very set in my ways
25. I feel like I am really connecting with other
people
26. People get frustrated by my unwillingness to
bend
27. Conversation bores me***
28. I am warm and friendly in my interactions with
others***
29. I leave long pauses in conversation
30. I alter my daily routine by trying something
different
31. I prefer to be alone rather than with others
32. I lose track of my original point when talking to
people
33. I like to closely follow a routine while working
34. I can tell when it is time to change topics in
conversation ***
35. I keep doing things the way I know, even if
another way might be better
36. I enjoy chatting with people ***

***Casual interaction with acquaintances, rather than special
relationships such as with close friends and family members.

Scoring Instructions
Reverse scored items (1 becomes 6, 5 becomes 2, etc.):
1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 15, 16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30, 34, 36.
Items by Subscale:
Aloof (1, 5, 9, 12, 16, 18, 23, 25, 27, 28, 31, 36)
Pragmatic Language (2, 4, 7, 10, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 29,
32, 34)
Rigid (3, 6, 8, 13, 15, 19, 22, 24, 26, 30, 33, 35)

I just took the AQ, I scored a 21

I retook all of the tests that I could to see if I've changed or not. Some of my scores were the same, but some changed, and I'm not sure why. New scores:

1. Language Differences (I used to get Rigid & Language)
You scored 82 aloof, 80 rigid and 90 pragmatic

2. AQ = 28 (same)

3. EQ (empathizing) versus SQ (systemizing) The link didn't work, so I used two different, earlier versions of the same one. Brain gender test – EQ=12, SQ=8; Unrevised Baron-Cohen (2003) EQ=32, SQ=18

4. EIQ = 62

5. Highly Sensitive (HSP) => 20/27

6. Reading the mind in the eyes, Score = 24 (Not sure what I've got before)

Aspie test : 122 of 200 – Aspie, 86 of 200 – Neurotypical

I'm not Asperger's, nor have I ever been officially recognized to have any disorders, except for moderate social anxiety, mood imbalance/disturbance not meeting criteria for a mood disorder, and a minor cognitive disability not specified. I joined this community after relationships and friendships with persons who are on the spectrum and noticing some similarities to myself. After learning more, I would say my brother probably is on the spectrum, but I would not be, but had I been diagnosed around age 7 or 8, I would probably have been considered PDD-NOS.

I've mentioned it before, but oddly enough, I seem to have sensory-motor issues, speech and language issues, and "stimming" only when emotional and not around others, but otherwise, don't meet any of the other qualities and am socially well-adapted and emotionally-balanced, thus accounting for my scores.

Someone inhere adviced me, where to store my aspie quiz picture, so I could share it inhere, - but I can´t find neither my displays or the post telling me, where to store.
Problem: I have some photos in there and som drawings, but I don´t remember where.
Could anyone help me, please?

New to the forum I scored 125 on the Aspie exam. I have taken several and they all tend to come back with a positive.

My results:


Autistic/BAP

You scored 110 aloof, 101 rigid and 102 pragmatic
You scored above the cutoff on all three scales. Clearly, you are either autistic or on the broader autistic phenotype. You probably are not very social, and when you do interact with others, you come off as strange or rude without meaning to. You probably also like things to be familiar and predictable and don't like changes, especially unexpected ones.
Your Analysis (Vertical line = Average)

aloof Distribution

You scored 110% on aloof, higher than 59% of your peers.

rigid Distribution

You scored 101% on rigid, higher than 61% of your peers.

pragmatic Distribution

You scored 102% on pragmatic, higher than 74% of your peers.

diagnosis Distribution

You scored 10% on diagnosis, higher than 95% of your peers.

Huh... Here's what I got:

1. BAPQ:

Autistic/BAP
You scored 129 aloof, 132 rigid and 124 pragmatic
You scored above the cutoff on all three scales. Clearly, you are either autistic or on the broader autistic phenotype. You probably are not very social, and when you do interact with others, you come off as strange or rude without meaning to. You probably also like things to be familiar and predictable and don't like changes, especially unexpected ones.

You scored 129% on aloof, higher than 96% of your peers.
You scored 132% on rigid, higher than 99% of your peers.
You scored 124% on pragmatic, higher than 98% of your peers.
You scored 8% on diagnosis, higher than 85% of your peers.

2: AQ

I got 43...

3: EQ SQR

This one seems to be gone...

4: EIQ

I got a 51/100 on this one...
My cousin tells me that my self-awareness may be impaired. I really don't know what to think about that.

5: HSP

25/27 (it's over 14)

6: 'Reading the mind in the eyes' test:

I got 23, but I guessed for several of them. If they made it so that you had to enter in an answer instead, I would have done a lot worse.

7: This one seems to be gone too.

8: The Aspie Quiz

Your Aspie score: 171 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 23 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie.

Also, most of the things in the picture were on the Aspie side.


I really need to get evaluated... My mom is taking forever though.
Well... at least she actually acknowledged me and said she would do something about it. It took her 9 months to do that >.>

Everything seems normal to me... I don't really understand it. Maybe my cousin was right v.v