Take The AQ Test

Mods if this is in the wrong forum please move! This is the test to determine the extant of autistic traits in adults. It was a simple yet confusing test. A few questions could be explained much better. I felt the question could be interpreted in more then one way. My answer was 15. What would you get?

Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives.

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reply to post by Romantic_Rebel


I got 28

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reply to post by Whyhi


Really? You got higher the me! I'm the one who reads hipster themed poetry and watches romantic comedies.

reply to post by Romantic_Rebel


Interesting find, thanks for sharing it.

I got a 19.

reply to post by Romantic_Rebel


I got a 26!!!! I love tests!!! Let me take it again!!!! lol jk

I have score 29. I was diagnosed PDD-NOS as a child.
I think some of these questions are quite clever, but I guess not many people will answer yes to 'I prefer to do things the same way over and over again' :p

24. I wonder how many would choose "strongly agree" to "I am fascinated by dates" on this website, hahahaha. 2012!! NOVEMBER 15TH, WEBBOT OH NO.. I disagreed by the way.

16

Totally average.

Agree: 21: 1 point
Disagree: 1,14,50: 1 point
Score: 4

is i crazy doc?

I got 21.
I have taken this test before though before I started taking anti depressants and I got 29. So I guess they are helping somewhat.

If I took the test tomorrow I might get even less, but I am having a stressful time trying to write a magazine article and it's stressing me out and colouring my mood

reply to post by Lysergic


Sounds like your the sanest person here!

Well done

I'm a 16

I got a 15

Woohoo, but if I were to answer as my 16 year would, he would be like 100, LOL he's just super smart, not autistic at all.

I got a 7.

Tests are fun, but this one was a bit redundant. I could see a pattern, thus the 7, I suppose.

Dunno.

32 uh oh. im pretty sure im not even aspergers let alone autistic lol

Originally posted by Stewie
I got a 7.

Tests are fun, but this one was a bit redundant. I could see a pattern, thus the 7, I suppose.

Dunno.

its supposed to be redundant. thats so they can see consistency in your answers.

I got 29, does that qualify me as an indigo child?

Never seen this test before, good one too.
My score was 12.

Not going to take this because I've taken several in the past. I always show up really high on AQ. I was also diagnosed PDD-NOS which basically means they haven't a clue what's going on with you. My parents now strongly suspect Asperger's.

What I think you'll find is a disproportionate amount of CT'ers are either slightly autistic, else slightly psychotic. Both tend to think in black and white terms just like what you see on ATS a lot. The one's who progress over time were merely going through a large life change, like a trauma based psychosis. Autistics seem to just be born that way, and will forever have trouble understanding the world and people's intent.

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My Score was 13 . Am I Antisocial ? ............LOL