The new AS Test (Among the best I've seen)

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I thought you might be interested in this Facebook AS Test at http://apps.facebook.com/specastest .

It's obviously not diagnostic, but I think it's a better test than others I've seen (I suspect it's more predictive than the AQ test) and gives an understanding of what sorts of things people on the spectrum struggle with. I say that it's probably the best I've seen, so far, because it's the only one that's said I'm probably NT which seems far more reasonable than the other popular autism tests, like the AQ test and RDOS's ASPIE test which suggested "I'm probably aspie" and "You're half aspie / half neurotypical", respectively, and it seemed to correctly predict other aspies and their probable "level of severity" pretty accurately.

Let me know what you think.

btw, I scored 29 out of 72 with the result that I am not likely on the autistic spectrum. It also gives a more detailed analysis of my results here - http://apps.facebook.com/specastest/Sho ... 1305432184

Last edited by swbluto on 15 May 2011, 11:24 am, edited 2 times in total.

"The page you requested was not found"

new link? Do you need to be a member of facebook?

I accidentally put a period right next to the link, so it added the period to the URL. I corrected it so it should work now.

I think you do need to be a member of facebook. If you don't want to join, I was going to suggest using a username/password from bugmenot.com, but it appears they've blocked facebook. Hmmm...

Here, you can use my bum facebook account if you'd like.

Username: ev logix @ yahoo.com (Remove the spaces)
Password: bobinator
the date of birth is March 20, 1988.

Last edited by swbluto on 15 May 2011, 11:53 am, edited 1 time in total.

thanks for the account, but since I'm not using the usual computer for this account it's asking me to prove that it's actually my account, so I need a date of birth please

edit: nevermind, I'm using my bro's account.

LOL, it seems facebook is quite a bit better with their security than other websites online. Upon logging in, it essentially said "Please verify this login activity was legit" and then it said someone from Dublin was trying to log in. I then OK'd the activity.

Anyways, the date of birth is March 20, 1988.

My subscores were as follows (just guessing roughly how it is scored - my guesses don't quite add up!):



First part



GYGGGGG (score 24 / 28?) - overall G (but see comments which follow)

Exception (the single yellow item) was:


Second part



GYGRY (score 8 / 20?) - overall Y

Hacking the test a bit, I could perhaps allow myself a green (rather than a yellow) on the fifth item, bringing me up to a pretty definite overall green on this part of the test, too, because of my cross-dressing (nearly full-time), which the test might not be sensitive to:


Also, if I hadn't catastrophically lost my consuming "special interest" in pure mathematics at age 19 (I'm now 59, and a burnt-out case), I would almost certainly score a green instead of a yellow on the second item, too:


Exception (the single red item, which is also the only item in this part of the test which is of an obviously purely neurological nature - like all of the items of the third part of the test, except for the one I score yellow on):


Third part



RRRRRY (score 0 / 24?) - overall R

Exception (the single yellow item) was:


So, this is quite interesting (to me!).

With some reasonable ... er, adjustment, er, customisation ... of the test, I seem to score on all of the items, except for those which obviously have some purely neurological basis - and I score on none of those. This sharpens considerably my existing fuzzy impression of the ways in which I am and am not "autistic".

It would be interesting to know if some others on WP fall into the (unnamed) class so defined.

Last edited by Twirlip on 15 May 2011, 5:22 pm, edited 5 times in total.

Just finished it, I got 72/72

I really like that one btw, I think it's far better then the AQ test, and maybe more efficient then the aspie quiz, I really indentify with "autistic inertia", I can never complete tasks.

Last edited by Phonic on 15 May 2011, 11:51 am, edited 1 time in total.

I scored a 70 out of 72.

I spotted a few issues with questions (ie, 'I don't realize when people are bored by a conversation' and 'People appear bored when I'm talking about my interests'. The questions are both pinpointing the same issue - the AS tendency to go on and on about their interests to the exclusion of the person listening - but answering positively to one necessarily precludes a positive response to the other.)

Also, is synesthesia really a common co-morbid disorder of AS?

Last edited by MrMagpie on 15 May 2011, 1:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I got a 72 out of 72-I guess I am hopeless.

68/72

Holy s**t... Your AS Test score is 72 out of 72.

I didn't even answer yes to all the questions lol

Same

69/72

I don't have a Facebook profile; therefore I score 72/72.

lol. I have a facebook profile, but I don't use it for socializing, so I guess that means I score 36/72. (Close! 29, actually.)

I got 40 on there when I took it. Which was in between so it said it was hard to tell if I am on the spectrum or not.