Autism and hypermobility survey

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Hi,

I'm doing a reseach at school about the connection betwin autism and joint hypermobility (being too flexible, which can cause some problems).

If you would like to help me, could you please answer this discussion and tell me your genger, age, score at the test on the link below and if you consider yourself NT, AS, autist, etc...

http://www.hypermobility.org/beighton.php

Thanks

I got a 5 - I can do all that stuff except for the elbows and knees.

Ah yes I suppose this helps - diagnosed ADHD but have my doubts. I honestly think it was a misdiagnosis.

I scored 7....all but the knees things.(The elbow thing use to freak people out.)I am a 43 year old female and was just DX with Aspergers a few months ago.

5- can't do the knees/elbow stuff... have pretty bad knees actually. had R. arthritis that randomly went away when i was 2, i believe.

Well this makes me fell bad, I can't do any of them. None at all.

i am a girl, i am 15 i got a nine, i dont know what i concider myself...aspergers i suppose. this is the kind of stuff that make my friends ache inside and beg me to stop...then cgange their minds and cheer me on!

Male, 20, self-proclaimed Aspie (After learning the symptoms and signs I'm sure of it),

...1.

(And that can be attributed to specific stretches in martial arts classes. Specifically the palming the ground without bending the knees.)

I can't do any of them.

gender female, age 26, score 2, dxed autistic

gender female, age 33, score 2, dxed aspergers/adhd, have hypermobility in both knees.

Female, 40, Aspie, score 9.

Female, 23. Diagnosed with Aspergers. Scored a 6. I can bend my left thumb back but not the right.

Female, 27, scored a zero.
Diagnosed Asperger's.

Female, 17, Aspie, scored 1

Female, 23 years, diagnosed Asperger's, 3.

All the other ones (knees, elbows, little fingers) were borderline---i.e., 180 degrees on knees and elbows, and 90 degrees on little fingers. I think my elbows and knees might be a little over 180, but I'd need one of those little gadgets that PT's use to measure joint mobility to figure out whether it really is over 180. You make the call on whether that counts.

Hey, you guys that got zero, I think the OP wants your age/gender/diagnosis, too.

Male 39 AS. I got a 5 all bot the knees and elbows. When I was younger I could get both feet behind my head now just one.