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26 Oct 2007, 10:19 pm

I just came across this test the other day:

http://paulcooijmans.lunarpages.com/pers/gaia.html

Here is how it works:

There are a total of 54 items. The median (average) for individuals diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome is 30.5. The higher your score, the more AS traits you supposedly have. (I, for instance, was able to check 34 items. According to this test, that makes me above average in aspie traits.)

It is the simplest test of its kind to complete which I have seen.


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26 Oct 2007, 10:24 pm

I got 42 out of 54.



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26 Oct 2007, 10:31 pm

only 19



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26 Oct 2007, 10:34 pm

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26 Oct 2007, 10:39 pm

42. The only that I had trouble with was the "kids teasing" question. Kids have said some odd things to me but I wasn't sure if it was teasing.


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26 Oct 2007, 10:42 pm

I've scored 34 out of 54.


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26 Oct 2007, 11:03 pm

I got 8 out of 54. I had to skip the work questions, though, since I have yet to get my first job (Hey, I'm only eighteen).



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26 Oct 2007, 11:04 pm

It is a poorly worded test. answering what I thought was right with a chance of error basically equal I got 31. Answering the most I dared, I got 33.



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26 Oct 2007, 11:08 pm

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26 Oct 2007, 11:22 pm

nominalist wrote:
I just came across this test the other day:

http://paulcooijmans.lunarpages.com/pers/gaia.html

Here is how it works:

There are a total of 54 items. The median (average) for individuals diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome is 30.5. The higher your score, the more AS traits you supposedly have. (I, for instance, was able to check 34 items. According to this test, that makes me above average in aspie traits.)

It is the simplest test of its kind to complete which I have seen.


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26 Oct 2007, 11:38 pm

I checked off about 23 items but the test seems kind of questionable if you ask me. Seems there are many items that are changeable.


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26 Oct 2007, 11:48 pm

I got 31 out of 54. It seems that I'm about average. I can't believe they were asking me if I had any other psychological disorders or if I did drugs. Those questions were followed by a big "no" from me. Some of the tougher questions were about the workforce, considering that I've never had a job in the first place. I'm nineteen, I'm in college, and I don't drive.


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27 Oct 2007, 12:24 am

I got 39.

This test was a little odd though. Some of the questions were irrelevent. What does getting bitten by dogs have to do with Asperger's?



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27 Oct 2007, 12:33 am

My score is 38


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27 Oct 2007, 12:35 am

I got 29



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27 Oct 2007, 12:39 am

lol, yeah some questions I didn't get and there were some really subjective questions that would be hard to accurately answer. What's being employed "under one's ability?" How can one really know what they are able to do if they are not doing it? Likewise with education.

What's "one-sided eating" mean? :?: