Aspie is good

Here's a link to the post if you want

There are experimental questions from time to time, but the questions and the scoring algorithm has been the same ever since April 2008.  

That might soon change though.
I'm planning a minor upgrade that will exchange the Aspie activity group with a Aspie social group. IOW, there will then be symmetry in the spider-diagram. In this process, I will also refresh the weight factors to use another 100,000 or so answers. Before that there will be a few more experimental questions as the Aspie social group needs a lot more research before the most important aspects can be extracted. The romantic questions were one part of this research.

No, this will be the new Aspie social group. It relates primarily to Aspie obsession and Aspie communication.

Aspie hunting is related to habitat preferences and passive-hunting, preferently with traps and things like that.

Fixed tags

I figured it out from the pdf file:

the diagrams you see are generated at the site http://www.rdos.net/eng/poly12c.php by using the value from the pdf file after the question mark, e.g. Aspie talent 9.3 => p1=93 or Neurotypical talent 2.5 => p2=75 and so on

Just try 'copy graphics link' on any of the diagrams!

Your Aspie score: 157 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 49 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

Wow...we have almost identicle results!

I have read the forum on and off.  Finally, I decided to take a test.  I sit at home and dread going outside these days, even though I used to be quite adapted.  I don't know what happened  - I hope something good comes of this.

Your Aspie score: 155 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 62 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

Why so Glum??? Its not so bad...How old are you....???...My name is Lisa. I Just took the test a couple days ago after a suggestion from a friend. I suspected.But now I know...we are special and gifted people!

I was hoping maybe these would show something different but I got 106 on the former & 25 on the latter...maybe we should start a new thread. I'm interested to see what other people get...

You ARE the prize!

I suspect that this is a flaw in the test, whereby one's score is mostly a reflection of one's background. I also get a spike in NT hunting skills, but I think it is probably due to my mountaineering/outdoors background. For instance, there was that question about being overly interested in traps. I said I was not overly interested in traps, which I am not, but I am more likely to use them than the average urban dweller, I guess.

That makes sense. A change of wording in the questions would probably help level that out.

According to the pdf file you get at the end,

So that might be where you have to look if you score extremely low in NT hunting.

Thank you. Ive been diagnosed with ASD, but I am very high functioning, Ive had people testing me say that if it weren't for the fact they were testing me they would never know I have it. I am able to notice how it affects me, mostly in interpersonal relations and staying on task, both of which I have come a long ways working on. I am just now starting to come to peace with myself over it, after some anxiety it has caused me trying to deny it and rough it out. Basically I'm just now realizing I should accept it and work with it to improve myself instead of against it in denial. Is there like an explanation somewhere written that describes each part?

Yes. Absolutely. But most of the traits probably are related to human instincts or preferences.

It's in the first post on the first page of the thread, which I think is where one should expect to find it.

You found the thread. Congratulations!!!

Welcome here! Any special interest around the Iliad, if I may ask?

You may! Actually a mixture of Trojan horse (sometimes feel a like I "ride" inside my body like a vehicle, if that makes sense), and Trojan Records (early Ska, not Reggae). I'm more of a Simpsons Homer fan!

Seems my scores have altered somewhat

Your Aspie score 99 of 200
Your neurotypical score (non-autistic) score 99 of 200
You seem to have both Aspie and neurotypical traits

My AQ test was always a result of 36 for a few years - now it's 41.

Not that much difference but still noticeable nonetheless.

It's neither better nor worse, it shows just that some traits are quite "neurotypical". You can get a PDF file when you have finished the quiz (only for some time, though), where your score is explained with more details.

thats right, I have always been a bit different according to people I know, but gradually learned to understand other people.  It was only with my sons diagnosis that I recognised the same patterns in myself - also, my sons headteacher has known me since I was a child and said he was a 'mini-me'.  Elliott (my son) is a lovely lad though, now has a fully funded statement and support.

Yes I suppose so.  I do not obsess on them or anything, but I do tend to use smurf related user names and Papa Smurf as an icon/avatar pretty frequently.

Most people thing my special interests are pretty "special" though.  

Lion-type hunting vs. tiger-type hunting?

Pack type hunting vs. solo type hunting.

Wolf-type hunting versus fox-type hunting.

This is such a fun game!

These savant-like traits are not necessarily linked to autism, but they might be.

Welcome here.

Your Aspie score: 113 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 84 of 200
You seem to have both Aspie and neurotypical traits

I can't paste the image of the graph.

The quiz suggests that I am "half-Aspie."

Do I qualify? It would be nice for my oddness to have a name!

Thanks for your responses.

If you feel like you might be aspie, I won't argue. A lot of people are kind of in between, too.

bdcouture Wrote:

Your Aspie score: 113 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 84 of 200
You seem to have both Aspie and neurotypical traits

I can't paste the image of the graph.

The quiz suggests that I am "half-Aspie."

Do I qualify? It would be nice for my oddness to have a name!

Thanks for your responses.

If you feel like you might be aspie, I won't argue. A lot of people are kind of in between, too.

Talk about "damning with faint praise." Your answer is not definitive but no good answer could be. I am a 60 year old widow; my late husband of 24 years was complicated, probably a borderline personality, who abused me for many years. I raised two kids (both also odd, but in different ways!), ran a home based business for 25 years from which I have, I think, retired, and it is a huge relief not to have to deal with my customers, which was always extremely stressfull. I have loved the work itself, but if only I could make money without dealing with the customers! I wrote two books about my picyaune area of expertise and am currently teaching via an Internet/video format, which is great because I don't have to interact with live students, only emails! I am a little face blind, especially when stressed, when sometimes I see faces as multi-colored whirling blurs, which scares the hell out of me. I basically have no friends. I avoid social situations because they terrify me, and I ALWAYS say the wrong thing and run off at the mouth about things that my listeners aren't interested in, or I manage to say something that offends them, or provokes them. I can't relate to ordinary people who watch "reality" shows, football, like to play games and gamble, who do not read, are devoid of reason, or are conservative. I communicate best in writing. I have no trouble "looking people in the eye," and in fact I look at people intently becauuse it takes such an effort to try to figure out what in earth they are thinking when I am trying to talk with someone. I am really most content when at home (I leave to go shopping about once a week or to see my adult kids), and I can go for days without even seeing another human being in the flesh. I like to make various things, garden, read, research, and teach myself how to do new things, like oil painting. I read something about Asperger's a year or so ago and found the Aspie Quiz, which was illuminating in and of itself. Of course, I had only read descriptions of extreme cases and symptoms, but I guess that Aspergers occurs on a spectrum, and perhaps if I am an Aspie, I am on the more neurotypical end of that spectrum. Anyway, just taking the quiz was comforting. Actually, my oddness is my strength. I wouldn't want to be "normal,"  which I find boring. I do not have the patience to deal with shrinks; I am just trying to make sense of my life. Thanks for listening.

d_olson27 Wrote:

bdcouture Wrote:

Your Aspie score: 113 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 84 of 200
You seem to have both Aspie and neurotypical traits

I can't paste the image of the graph.

The quiz suggests that I am "half-Aspie."

Do I qualify? It would be nice for my oddness to have a name!

Thanks for your responses.

If you feel like you might be aspie, I won't argue. A lot of people are kind of in between, too.

Talk about "damning with faint praise." Your answer is not definitive but no good answer could be. I am a 60 year old widow; my late husband of 24 years was complicated, probably a borderline personality, who abused me for many years. I raised two kids (both also odd, but in different ways!), ran a home based business for 25 years from which I have, I think, retired, and it is a huge relief not to have to deal with my customers, which was always extremely stressfull. I have loved the work itself, but if only I could make money without dealing with the customers! I wrote two books about my picyaune area of expertise and am currently teaching via an Internet/video format, which is great because I don't have to interact with live students, only emails! I am a little face blind, especially when stressed, when sometimes I see faces as multi-colored whirling blurs, which scares the hell out of me. I basically have no friends. I avoid social situations because they terrify me, and I ALWAYS say the wrong thing and run off at the mouth about things that my listeners aren't interested in, or I manage to say something that offends them, or provokes them. I can't relate to ordinary people who watch "reality" shows, football, like to play games and gamble, who do not read, are devoid of reason, or are conservative. I communicate best in writing. I have no trouble "looking people in the eye," and in fact I look at people intently becauuse it takes such an effort to try to figure out what in earth they are thinking when I am trying to talk with someone. I am really most content when at home (I leave to go shopping about once a week or to see my adult kids), and I can go for days without even seeing another human being in the flesh. I like to make various things, garden, read, research, and teach myself how to do new things, like oil painting. I read something about Asperger's a year or so ago and found the Aspie Quiz, which was illuminating in and of itself. Of course, I had only read descriptions of extreme cases and symptoms, but I guess that Aspergers occurs on a spectrum, and perhaps if I am an Aspie, I am on the more neurotypical end of that spectrum. Anyway, just taking the quiz was comforting. Actually, my oddness is my strength. I wouldn't want to be "normal,"  which I find boring. I do not have the patience to deal with shrinks; I am just trying to make sense of my life. Thanks for listening.

I apologize. I didn't mean that as faint praise. Only that if you feel you might be aspie, you probably have a good reason and it's not my place to say whether you are or not. I just didn't know anything about you. Although, after looking at a more detailed description of yourself, I would tend to agree with you. I totally agree that being odd is a good thing, and I wouldn't want to be normal any more than you do.

I hope there aren't any hard feelings. Welcome to AFF.

bdcouture Wrote:

d_olson27 Wrote:

bdcouture Wrote:

Your Aspie score: 113 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 84 of 200
You seem to have both Aspie and neurotypical traits

I can't paste the image of the graph.

The quiz suggests that I am "half-Aspie."

Do I qualify? It would be nice for my oddness to have a name!

Thanks for your responses.

If you feel like you might be aspie, I won't argue. A lot of people are kind of in between, too.

Talk about "damning with faint praise." Your answer is not definitive but no good answer could be. I am a 60 year old widow; my late husband of 24 years was complicated, probably a borderline personality, who abused me for many years. I raised two kids (both also odd, but in different ways!), ran a home based business for 25 years from which I have, I think, retired, and it is a huge relief not to have to deal with my customers, which was always extremely stressfull. I have loved the work itself, but if only I could make money without dealing with the customers! I wrote two books about my picyaune area of expertise and am currently teaching via an Internet/video format, which is great because I don't have to interact with live students, only emails! I am a little face blind, especially when stressed, when sometimes I see faces as multi-colored whirling blurs, which scares the hell out of me. I basically have no friends. I avoid social situations because they terrify me, and I ALWAYS say the wrong thing and run off at the mouth about things that my listeners aren't interested in, or I manage to say something that offends them, or provokes them. I can't relate to ordinary people who watch "reality" shows, football, like to play games and gamble, who do not read, are devoid of reason, or are conservative. I communicate best in writing. I have no trouble "looking people in the eye," and in fact I look at people intently becauuse it takes such an effort to try to figure out what in earth they are thinking when I am trying to talk with someone. I am really most content when at home (I leave to go shopping about once a week or to see my adult kids), and I can go for days without even seeing another human being in the flesh. I like to make various things, garden, read, research, and teach myself how to do new things, like oil painting. I read something about Asperger's a year or so ago and found the Aspie Quiz, which was illuminating in and of itself. Of course, I had only read descriptions of extreme cases and symptoms, but I guess that Aspergers occurs on a spectrum, and perhaps if I am an Aspie, I am on the more neurotypical end of that spectrum. Anyway, just taking the quiz was comforting. Actually, my oddness is my strength. I wouldn't want to be "normal,"  which I find boring. I do not have the patience to deal with shrinks; I am just trying to make sense of my life. Thanks for listening.

I apologize. I didn't mean that as faint praise. Only that if you feel you might be aspie, you probably have a good reason and it's not my place to say whether you are or not. I just didn't know anything about you. Although, after looking at a more detailed description of yourself, I would tend to agree with you. I totally agree that being odd is a good thing, and I wouldn't want to be normal any more than you do.

I hope there aren't any hard feelings. Welcome to AFF.

Oh heavens! My apologies for making a joke that didn't come off right (I do that a lot, too!) Thank you for taking the time to read my post and answer with your opinion, which I value. Happy Holidays!

Okay, I see it now. I think you'll fit in just fine here.

I was just cruising through some of the posts on this site and found a link to the "AQ Test." I scored 34; the test verbiage said that "82% of people with autism or related . . . scored 32 or higher," or words to that effect, so I guess I qualify.  I happen to also have a rare physical-medical disorder, which took 9 years of wondering through the medical world to get diagnosed. Figuring out that I probably have Asperger's has taken a lifetime. To quote my GPS, "You have arrived."

Thanks again, and I am grateful for the information on this site.

Your Aspie score: 111 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 88 of 200
You seem to have both Aspie and neurotypical traits



I can't say I understand the hunting results (or find any online interpretation of them), so I'll ask here. The graph seems to suggest I'm NT in hunting, but my individual answers look like they contradict that.

Aspie Hunting: 2.8 out of 10 (below average)



Neurotypical hunting: 7.8 out of 10 (above average)



My guess is my poor reading comprehension skills are really showing because I can't see it at all.

*shrugs*  Maybe AS runs in your family, but you didn't get the full gamut of traits.  It happens.  I have several family members who have some AS traits and some NT traits, but they lean toward AS.  My generation seems to have strong traits and my children have even stronger traits.  

By the way, welcome to AFF!

The immediate family doesn't seem to have these traits, though I know a cousin of mine is autistic (previously diagnosed with ADHD).

I mean the hunting answers themselves that I put don't match up with the NT answers at all and almost fit aspie perfectly. The quiz results however put me almost completely as hunting NT, the exact opposite of how I answered. That part of the quiz is just confusing me.

Thanks for the welcome.

Thanks for your input.

Your comment suggests that "folks" are trying to "beat" the test. Why? Who gains from "pretending" to be AS? Perhaps children that want attention, I could see.

It would appear (though my perception of others' intents are, apparently, flawed) that you would be suggesting that I "faked" my way through the test, as it came directly after my post, which seems to be a "high rating" of AS.

I can assure you that this is not the case. I am the developer of the software, "......"-, and just about the "biggest dik" on the planet. And hold my AS is high regard, now And the diagnosis and/or test results, neither, helps nor hurts me, in any way, other than finally getting perspective on WTF the 34 years of my life was based and "ruled", and the "hope" that I can "fix" a thing(or two), after receiving a first time diagnosis, last week.

The only thing I really desire to be able to "fix" is my relationship with my girlfriend. Period. Cause "AS" is DIRECTLY (obviously, now) responsible for my developing Splinter, which is "without question" the most conceptually advanced and functionally able desktop interface software, in the history of the planet. And it, Splindy, takes precedence over EVERY other relationship, in my life, and always will. But "Hyde" is hurting my life with the only person I care enough about to try to curb that side of me, and so am looking for some "folks" with experience.

But your comment was kinda like, it seems, the OPPOSITE of something that one with AS would say. I see no logic behind your blind conclusion, other than a "high score"...(wait, did I "beat" your score? by "one"pont, and no longer the queen of the castle??? I jest, of course, at your expense.. grrr... so easily antagonized, so fn frustrating, cannot even convey the strength of the "pulling" that I feel to reply to "anonymous" posts implying improperness/immorality/lying, on my part.)

(I wonder, was that comin off like an arse hole? I was tryin not to, no joke. Just couldn't escape the implied notion that I was lying on the test, for "whatever" reason. I am pretty thin skinned, with things like this. I have zero regard, in general, for "folks" attempting to impune me. Especially based on their own incorrect assumptions which is based on poor judgement, to begin with)

(Wait, did THAT part sound like an arse? Cause that time I was trying, sorry to say. At least now I  know why i hammer back so hard to such inconsequential and soap box based comments) Grrr, again. Probably just spent 30 min on this ridiculous reply to an irrelevant, in every way, comment, by you.

THAT/THIS is the "other" thing i want to "change". The ease at which I can lose my perspective and focus and balance, over things that mean less than nothing, to me.  I spose I should be thankin you for so perfectly pulling another thing I wish to vanish, out into the open, in fhe ineeee.

One of the problems I have with this test is that it does require that you be honest with yourself. Many of the questions have an obvious 'aspie' or 'NT' answer. I wouldn't say that anyone would intentionally cheat on it, but it's difficult to not bring your own bias into it.

Dont care whether you like what I said or not.

It was a general comment and not directed at anyone

A statement about how some folks want to belong so much, that they would skew the quiz....just to get the chart.   IMO

Only a a matter of timing that my post appeared where it did

Your Aspie score: 193 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 14 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

Wow!

Hi. Yes, I would agree that this is a possible scenario(s). But I see "no" better way to diagnose a person. Obviously, doc's diagnosis and/or perents' (others that know "you") test answers for "you", would only be better, to get a more balanced or, potentially, refortified conclusion. But the "only" one that can "truly" answer these questions are the individual, period. Literally not possible for anyone to better answer questions about the mind, than the mind, itself. Of course one could lie. But it doesnt change the fact that the only person that truly 'KNOWS" the answer, to ANY of the questions, is the person in question.

I can fool anyone into having no clue that I have these symptoms and this condition, if I wished it. So that, right there, means that another person's diagnosis will be based on what I "allow" them to see or "know".Just because i flip a lighter in a 360 degree rotation and catch it in the same spot, for hours a day, everyday, cause it is such a perfect and comfortable feeling and cause my gf or mother knows of it because I do it all the time, doesn't mean that I HAD to allow them or anyone else to see it. So, no matter "what", it always comes down to the individual, for a test like this.

I am not arguing against the "fact" that it is better to have a doctor sign off on diagnosis, I am simply stating as a fact, that I could speak to a dozen doctors in a row, with them specifically trying to find out if I had some type of AS, and they would all result in a negative for AS. (while they or others may have a perspective that better answers specific questions than "I' could myself, it would only be a "few". For example, I didnt realize, AT ALL, that I "hammered" my angry replies to people, like I was talking "at" them and doing it for extreme lengths, until a month ago, two weeks before the AS diagnosis. BUT, now that I was able to be apprised of it and could look back in retrospect, "it" is clear as day to me. And only I can answer best a question regarding this, even though it may have been "known" by my mother for "20" years and saw it all the time. Once the recognition of the 'symptom" is obvious to the "Aspie", they become the one and only potential "expert" on that, anywhere in the world.

Again, this is such a strange thing to attempt to convince others of, to me. I guess it would be best for the potential Aspie and someone close to them, take it together, initially. This would likely help in COMPLETE overlooks and denials, by the test taker, but that is about it. And my girlfriend took the "other" AQ test, for me, after I did, and we came to a similar score. 35 for me and 32 for "her for me" (haha).

Man, THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS TOO is what I NEED to "stop". I get so flippin bonkers at the thought of ANYthing that goes against logic and reason. (not that you were not right, that a person COULD fake or flaw it, it is just that, even though that is the case, they are still the only person that could 100% give the accurate answers, if so desired.)......uhhhh, wtf was I saying????? Oh, yeah, Help meeeeee, hhahaahaha...

The only way for "anyone" to truly understand "anything" is for them to have all the information possible, about it. So that is WHY I "must" be so detailed in my replies and explanations. But I dont WANT to have to do it, "all the time". So this would be #3 thing I want to be fixed

Hi I joined very recently and have taken the test today, I hope my results post here. I have never seen a 'professional' about this, but have always felt out of touch with other people.

Thanks

I am at 149 out of 200

http://rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php

Hi I joined very recently and have taken the test today, I hope my results post here. I have never seen a 'professional' about this, but have always felt out of touch with other people.

Thanks
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Welcome here!

rdos has that neandertal theory. It seems that h. sapiens neandertalis' hunting was different from h. sapiens sapiens' (or think tiger vs. lion).

Or fox vs. wolf (sorry, had to do it)

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html

I'm sceptical about the neandertal theory, too, esp. because n.s seem to have been unable to co-operate with dogs (forgot where I read that), which is not excluded among autistics.

The second one was the "extreme male brain" theory, which doesn't state that autistics are male, only that the "systemizing" brain is (a bit) more prevalent in male persons - and even more prevalent in autistic persons.
The Guardian had SBC's tests on their site (to measure the EQ and the SQ) some years ago. They can be found here: http://www.autismresearchcentre.com/arc_tests

Hi What was your score and do you think I should go by my score to say I have it or not? When I told my mother and friend I felt really stupid trying to explain why I think I have it. Almost makes me doubt having it but I'm like 95% sure.

2011-04-25 I got:
Your Aspie score: 144 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 64 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

2010-03-14  I got:
Your Aspie score: 135 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 65 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

2008-03-22  I got:
Your neurodiversity (Aspie) score: 127 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 70 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie (neurodiverse)

My dx is from 2007-11. After my son got his at age 3.

I haven't really tried to tell it to my mother, as she's bound to see the similarities to my father, who is unaware but certainly on the spectrum, too.
My wife knows, of course. And one (1!) friend from school. No one at the workplace.

Didn't know that. For me, it would be 57 - 70 - 80. So, yes, full agreement with the rest of what you wrote.

My 80 yr old grandmother shows a little bit, and so does my niece. I want to tell my sister to get her checked out but she'll think I'm just trying to control her life. I wish someone had noticed when I was growing up.. things might have turned out better for me. I'd like to think so anyway.

hi eve_h,
I can relate to the epiphany kinda going through one myself.
I did same test vety recently, 149 aspie.
i am in Ireland and have just last week enquired about a professional dx for adults.
I have to find out about cost first. I feel i need to get an assessment and feedback from a professional working with people on the spectrum.

I can't afford to test but asperger's answers all my lifes questions. Even if a professional told me I did not have it, I would not accept that answer. They don't live in my mind. I would like to be told for sure that I have it.. but I don't want to go and them say I don't have it.

So when I tell someone.. I should say I'm autistic? Because aspie is just a shortened version.. you can't say I am aspergers syndrome.

That's what most of us prefer. Some of us don't like the person-first phrasing because we don't have a lot of trust for people that feel the need to remind themselves that we're people when they talk about us.

Pretty diagram:

Some of your source code got lost ...

Hi there, Lily.

When I came to a question that had been true of me in the past, but was not so much now, I wasn't sure what to answer.

I think it's "what is now". When you take the test several times over the years, you'll get slightly different results.

Hi, new here.  I also did the online test and here are my results...
Your Aspie score: 141 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 59 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
I know that I am different from others but it is only recently that I started looking at Aspergers.  I'm suppose to be doing schoolwork, but I keep drifting  

As I got my diagnosis at age 37, I had no excuse for slacking off at school. Hence the doctorate. Go back to work/learning!

Did you realize any changes since the last time(s) you took the test?

silver rabbit Wrote:

Hi, new here.  I also did the online test and here are my results...
Your Aspie score: 141 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 59 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
I know that I am different from others but it is only recently that I started looking at Aspergers.  I'm suppose to be doing schoolwork, but I keep drifting  

As I got my diagnosis at age 37, I had no excuse for slacking off at school. Hence the doctorate. Go back to work/learning!

How did you manage to stay on homework? I get something in mind and I can't concentrate on my school.  It causes me problems.

I love the picture above about "what I think What I say".

I did too!  I stole it off of facebook somewhere.  Welcome to the forum.

Most of the things we did at school, I was interested in anyway, and mostly, I was able to read about the subject beforehand (reading being my SI). To do something you're not used to: is difficult, but I found that "just" doing it gets you sortof trained (or accustomed), so you start to develop an interest even for a new subject.