Aspies For Freedom

Version 9

Your Aspie score: 170 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 20 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

Systemizing quotient - Your score: 78
Empathy Quotient - Your score: 9
Autism Spectrum quotient - Your score: 40
Mind in the eyes - Your score: 14

Hi to everyone!

I'm another newby, Male 38 years old, married 4 kids, DXed myself at 37 years after I DXed my 3 year old boy then took him to doctor to make it official.  Just feels great to have found out why I have alway felt different to others.  Now I know I dont feel the urge to "pretend to be normal" any more.

Aspie score 145/200
NA Score 84/200

24 on the other test!

Anyone have any ideas why my NA score seems to be high?  All I can think is I got real good at pretending to be normal

Your Aspie score: 136 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 55 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

Fits my profile.  
Diagnosed at 12 with Aspergers by a special-ed teacher, but it wasn't a legal diagnosis back then so the result was thrown out.  Disabled at 30 with anxiety.
Just last week a friend from my late teen years emailed me out of the blue and told me that if she could send the Wikipedia article on Aspergers back in time 20 years and mail it to herself then she and I would have had a much better and healthier relationship. Thinking back I believe that completely, but it's no use worrying over the past. What is, is.

Donal
Aspergers, Dyslexia and more issues than a newsstand

I've never been diagnosed or anything, but here are my results:
Your Aspie score: 160 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 51 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
AQ: 37
EQ: 14
SQ: 55
It confirms my suspections...

I forgot to add this with it:
Motor difficulty 8.1 Above average
Perception difference 8.1 Above average
Aspie talent 8.2 Above average
Aspie disability 6.0 Average
Social difference 8.2 Above average
Aspie instinct 7.8 Above average
Aspie communication 7.4 Above average
Neurotypical communication difficulty 7.2 Above average

Why would that be bad?

I took the newest version of the test, here are my results:

Your Aspie score: 159 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 41 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

Diagnostic prediction for  Score  Prediction  
OCD                                        Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  165   You very likely will be able to receive the diagnosis  
Asperger/HFA/PDD                                151   You very likely will be able to receive the diagnosis  
Schizophrenia                                   Â Â Â Â 144   You very likely will be able to receive the diagnosis  
Autism                                                 138   You very likely will be able to receive the diagnosis  
Dyspraxia                                     Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 135   You very likely will be able to receive the diagnosis  
Social phobia                                        124   You will probably be able to receive the diagnosis  
Dyslexia                                               110   You will probably be able to receive the diagnosis  
Bipolar                                      Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 108   You will probably be able to receive the diagnosis  
Dyscalculia                                    Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 103   You will probably be able to receive the diagnosis  
ADD/ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder)      88     You might be able to receive the diagnosis  

I seem to be able to receive a diagnosis for all of that... Although I don't think I've got dyscalculia or dyslexia or ADD  or Bipolar disorder. But still, it's interesting....

Hey, I ordened them, now it didn't work...

I saw there was a new version (neurodiverseity 2.0), so I took the test again.

Neurodiversity version, release 2.0 (2008-02-22)

Your neurodiversity (Aspie) score: 168 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 41 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie (neurodiverse)

Diagnostic prediction for       Score Prediction
OCD                          183 You very likely will be able to receive the diagnosis
Asperger/HFA/PDD              171 You very likely will be able to receive the diagnosis
Social phobia              142 You very likely will be able to receive the diagnosis
Dyslexia                           137 This isn't a primary diagnosis you should seek
Bipolar                           127 This isn't a primary diagnosis you should seek
ADD/ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder)        105 This isn't a primary diagnosis you should seek

Saw there was a new version, so I took it again (can't help it, I like to take online tests)

Final version

Thank you for filling out this questionnaire.

Your Aspie score: 162 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 46 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

Nicely called, Lucie, and thanks for raising it.  It bothers me, too.

It implies that if we just blow in here to lark around, have fun and blow off steam - and most of we regulars do that at some stage - we're "lowering the tone" because we're not discussing particle physics and Shakespeare.  It puts a judgement value on some things above others which I don't think is necessary - what difference does it make if I prefer Dangermouse to the Bard?

It's a snub to those of us who could have gone on to further study but chose not to, and worse it's very, very hurtful to people here who don't have the "elevation" to be boffins in the first place.

Actually, I consider the Aspie fun that goes on here (the State The Obvious thread, for example) and the support and offering of advice and virtual hugs and biscuits to contribute more to the creation of a real Aspie culture than wanky intellectual discussion of wanky boring topics.

By the way...

Nominalist, I'm really sorry if this comes off as having a go at you.  It wasn't intended, but it does look like I was slagging you off.  I wasn't, and I apologise.

What I *was* having a go at was this strict definition of what an autistic person should be - a highly evolved spiritual and intellectual giant - which actually excludes more autistics than it includes.

I thought AS meant Autistic Spectrum, and covered all sorts of autism?

Argh, still getting the jargon right.

Your Aspie score: 167 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 41 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

The right link is:
http://www.rdos.net/eng/

*OG, if thats wrong now tigger-the-left-wing will cut off my head*