Got tested today. What do you think of this test?

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So the doctors weren't aspergers specialist but are qualified to diagnose it.

They are the best around here.

But the test was nothing like what most people said it would be like.

It consisted of
Arranging colored blocks into different shapes.

Repeating long strings of numbers right after the doctor said it.

Filling in the symbol or number
Ie ^=6

Then there would be numbers on the paper and under six I would draw a ^
I have no idea what those two things have to do with aspergers syndrome

Then I got a random history test
who was prez during civil war
who was martin luthar king
ect

They didn't ask me about eye contact, obsessions, awkwardness in social situations or anything like that

I took a questionair that was like
do you sit on the sidelines at parties? but that was the extent of the social questions.


They really didn't ask me about anything social other than do you have freinds to which I replied no

but never ONCE did they mention do you have obbsessions? and I thought that was a defining characteristic.


They tested my memory a ton like

apple bannana orange lion tiger bear
Repeat what I just said backwards type stuff



So what do you think?
They said they can diagnose me as having it or not based on that but I sorta think there nutz

I think they just gave you the neuropsychiatric part of the evaluation, I got exactly the same one, in addition to the interviews and scales. It's designed to test your verbal skills, visual skills, working memory etc. Based on that they'll get your cognitive profile, and some things are indicative of AS, like a big gap between verbal IQ and visual/spatial IQ. I think they can also detect ADHD from it. They pay special attention to how you go about the tasks, to see how well you plan and organize your work, i.e executive functions.

So yeah, I think they can get some good ideas from those tests, but a diagnostic interview would probably be needed as well...

They're nuts.

They have no idea what to do with adults. The idiot who tested me gave me a bunch of children's tests, as though that would be somehow useful in diagnosing an adult.

For example, did they give you a face recognition test? The guy showed me a pack of cards with photos of people's faces. Then he went through a second pack and asked me whether I recognized them. It had to be a yes-or-no, not a "how should I know?" Ok, have I seen this bald guy, that woman with the outrageous lipstick, or the guy with the crazy eyes? Is this a trick question?

I know for a fact that I am a little "face-blind." I never told anyone about it -- it's been my dirty little secret until I heard the word recently, probably here. While I had never heard of it before, I knew instantly what it meant. I passed those baby tests with flying colors. Give me some credit -- I've been around for over a half-century, I possess some intelligence, and I've learned a few tricks.

From what I've heard, they are also observing how you respond to the questions and instructions. They don't ask about eye contact, but they observe it.

It's like if you get hurt and go to the emergency room, they keep asking you questions, like social security number and phone numbers and such. And each person asks same questions, so you tell, like 20 people your social. They don't care about the number. They care about how responsive you are and whether you remember it.

Questions about Special Interests are unreliable because if you are in denial, you say No, no matter how obsessed you are, and if you think you're aspie, you may describe an ordinary interest is an obsession.

It sounds like you just got the preliminary tests, though.

That sounds like the WAIS. It's an IQ test--they probably just want to know if you are above or below 70, an whether or not you have a large performance/verbal gap. The IQ determines what kind of autism you have, if you have it; the gap can be a good sign of NVLD if you don't have autism proper.

That sounds exactly like the kind of test I took when I was a kid. I actually just found the report of it that my mom had filed away. From what it said, it seems like the purpose of the test is just to see how your brain works by observing the way you act when doing different kinds of tasks.

My son was only diagnosed last year - the test consisted of pictures of shapes and patterns and he had to point out either the odd one out or the next one that followed the pattern (I think it was called the Ravens method or something like that). Anyway it took about an hour and I was with him so I was doing it in my head as well. There were times that I was thinking "come on son this is easy, the answer is..." and he would still be studying it and then he would come up with an answer totally different to what I had picked!! By the end of the hour the test had completely done my head in and I was over it!! Well guess what - he was right on all of them and I was way off base on lots!! ! And at the end of it he told me it was really easy and here I was ready to go home for a nap!! And just from that one test and talking with the psychiatrist she diagnosed him as having Aspergers.

I guess there must be something in it the tests that the specialists are looking for. My son is able to give direct eye contact but he does have other traits, the rocking, not coping with lots of strangers, etc.

I'm sure there is. And for small children that might make a little sense.
But when dealing with adults, at some point, they should stop with the stupid trick questions and speak openly. Their delusions of godhood prevent them from talking to the only witness who can actually give useful insight. In trying to trick us, they trick themselves. It's an ego thing. It shows a lack of respect that is so profound, I don't even know a word for it.

The mentality is reminiscent of the laws in ancient Greece & Rome, where a slave's voluntary testimony was inadmissible in court. Having little better status before the law than animals, they could only testify under torture.

Thanks for the replies everyone.

I hope they weren't just trying to scam me or anything and they will in fact give me a dx.

I will know once they are done scoring it. (which takes forever for some reason)

I agree with some above posters I think it was an I.Q. test and a reaction test. probubly did observe the fact that in like 5 hours I only made around 5 seconds of eyecontact.

There was a really cool bit about that. Every time I went to make eye contact the tester was looking down. Convinent as hell but I think they did that on purpose.

all in all it was pretty fun

Lets just hope I get a d.x. and am not just some really weird person.
With like every aspergers trait

I'm pretty sure it was Wechsler's IQ-test so you'll get a really cool cognitive profile and an IQ-score that's actuallyt professional (unlike all those online things).

I know how you feel. I was getting paranoid that maybe I was just an undefined weirdo and that there were no answers available for me. But I was diagnosed with AS a few weeks ago and I'm still processing it, but I do feel better.