Autism Test!

[Hara!]

http://aq.server8.org/

I got a 25/50. That means I don´t have the same imaginary disease as that guy who made Pokémon.

[Ikari Warrior]

oh dear, this can't end well...

[JoeStrummer]

I got 5/50, heh, kinda low

[Lone Signal]

I got bored at 13 and quit.

Apparently I have ADD.

[CrossboneGundam]

This'll be good for those dorks who like to say they have asperger's syndrome when they're really just dorks who need to get out more.

Anyway, 14/50.

[ablo]

I got...27/50

[Hara!]

All the same, I don´t see what´s wrong with me if I don´t like going places with people. 25 puts me in the bookworm range.

[dothacker5]

I also got 27 because well i ****ing hate people. They tend to be unreasonably stupid.

[Sushikins]

26/50

Well, whatever.

[Nylon]

26 / 50 ouch..

[Nano]

18/50
*cough*

[Hara!]

18/50
*cough*

-You are more than a man.

[Gabs]

17/50 avarage

[Alice Catherine]

22/50.
Meh.

[Jon]

19/50. Hip hip hooray!

Candy for everyone.
http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/186/gourdon-candy-store_11393.jpg

[Lord Timaeus]

28/50.

This quiz sucks.

[Holy Knight]

32/50, borderline apparently.

[kenshinbebop]

11...Below average for man and woman...very far from autistic.

[hiei_kurama27]

13/50 Average

[Evil_Koala]

My AQ Score: 10

5/50?

[Ikari Warrior]

18/50...a point above your average bloke

[Hara!]

My AQ Score: 10

5/50?

As in a 25 out of 50.

[Evil_Koala]

As in a 25 out of 50.

Oh, my mistake. I thought it meant 10 as in 10%.

[SSB]

18/50... i Guess i'm average :)

[seba_boi]

18/50... I love people... :)

[KatayokuのTenshi]

19 'm just awkward. I'm glad that there are tests online that can tell if you have a psychological condition. :rolleyes:

[Tenou]

40/50...
According to this test I'm even beyond a functioning autistic. Huh. Go figure. And here I though that (though I have been told I'm socially retarded) working with the public, customer relations, and the like, would mean that I'm far and beyond that.

[seba_boi]

40/50...
According to this test I'm even beyond a functioning autistic. Huh. Go figure. And here I though that (though I have been told I'm socially retarded) working with the public, customer relations, and the like, would mean that I'm far and beyond that.Do you consider yourself somewhat autistic?...

[Lord Timaeus]

Protip: Online tests do not constitute a genuine diagnosis.

[Tenou]

Do you consider yourself somewhat autistic?...

No, not really. Symptoms, maybe, but I've been misdiagnosed for more than a decade. Everything from vitamin deficiency to clinical depression to obsessive compulsive to bipolar to schizophrenia.
I've had more prescriptions, cat scans, ekgs, blood tests, urine tests, and heard more doctors say 'whoops' than any 24 year old should.
So I'll say my brain is unique though seems to serve me well.

[Chousho]

I got 15... which is average for women. So uhh... yeah.

[Sendo Takeshi]

11/50. I guess I'm one of the cool kids.

[MonkeyBoy0314]

I got a 10, but throughout that test I couldn't stop thinking about Rain Man :lol:

[Link100p]

48, but it's nothing to be taken seriously.

[Tuna]

33/50 - High

eek.
:O

[Tidusauron12]

17/50

I think that's fly. ^_^

I scored the average for man. :P

[seba_boi]

No, not really. Symptoms, maybe, but I've been misdiagnosed for more than a decade. Everything from vitamin deficiency to clinical depression to obsessive compulsive to bipolar to schizophrenia.
I've had more prescriptions, cat scans, ekgs, blood tests, urine tests, and heard more doctors say 'whoops' than any 24 year old should.
So I'll say my brain is unique though seems to serve me well.

You type like you're incredibly sane to me... You don't manifest dellusions or develop short-term amnesias do you?...


Sorry for asking that, but truth be told, I just love movies with a main character looking terribly normal but suffers from slight mental problems--ie. 50 First Dates, Memento, Spellbound, A Beautiful Mind, Random Harvest, and the upcoming Lars And The Real Girl...

[superplough]

I GOT 31, WOOT
So close to very high. :)

[Soluzar]

You type like you're incredibly sane to me... You don't manifest dellusions or develop short-term amnesias do you?...
It is a lot easier to come across as sane on the internet than in real life. That said, I'm sure that I do believe that Tenou is at least as sane as I am. :naughty:

Oh yeah, I got a 36... go figure. It's probably a bit more accurate for me than for Tenou. I'm not under the delusion that I suffer from Asperger's or Autism, but I'm definitely a bit reclusive in real life. New people and new situations terrify me beyond reason. I'm entirely happy with people I know and in a situation that I understand, but put me outside my comfort zone and I fall apart hard. I'm sure there's lots of people like that. Of course the internet is a great remedy for that, as is making sure to always be in new situations with at least some familiar people.

[seba_boi]

It is a lot easier to come across as sane on the internet than in real life. That said, I'm sure that I do believe that Tenou is at least as sane as I am. :naughty:

Oh yeah, I got a 36... go figure. It's probably a bit more accurate for me than for Tenou. I'm not under the delusion that I suffer from Asperger's or Autism, but I'm definitely a bit reclusive in real life. New people and new situations terrify me beyond reason. I'm entirely happy with people I know and in a situation that I understand, but put me outside my comfort zone and I fall apart hard. I'm sure there's lots of people like that. Of course the internet is a great remedy for that, as is making sure to always be in new situations with at least some familiar people.
Makes me wonder, how do you handle hutzpahs like wedding receptions, birthday parties, etc... Do you just stay quietly aside or just give up and go home?... I mean I would never jump from one group to another starting conversations with strangers but I'm totally comfortable talking with people I hardly know (unless they either intimidate me or freaks me out)...

[Soluzar]

Makes me wonder, how do you handle hutzpahs like wedding receptions, birthday parties, etc... Do you just stay quietly aside or just give up and go home?...
I stick really close to one (or more) people I do know, and wait until I start to feel comfortable before joining any of the conversations. If there aren't going to be enough people I know around, then yeah... I'd probably just go home. It doesn't take long for me to become accustomed to new people. It's more just the anticipation of meeting them, or the first few minutes that I dread.

It is also worth pointing out that the people you meet at such events are likely to be friendly by default. The same doesn't apply to a lot of other situations in which you might meet new people. I am also able to handle dealing with customers in job situations, because although the people aren't familiar, the situation is extremely familiar, and the basis for interaction is sharply defined. I can run through my standard procedures.

It doesn't make everyday life difficult, it just makes me likely to avoid certain situations. Or at least to view them with a little trepidation and anxiety. As a rule, things tend to work out once I'm in a situation, but the prospect of being in that situation is the scary part.

[KatayokuのTenshi]

I'm not under the delusion that I suffer from Asperger's or Autism, but I'm definitely a bit reclusive in real life. New people and new situations terrify me beyond reason. I'm entirely happy with people I know and in a situation that I understand, but put me outside my comfort zone and I fall apart hard. I'm sure there's lots of people like that. Of course the internet is a great remedy for that, as is making sure to always be in new situations with at least some familiar people.

I stick really close to one (or more) people I do know, and wait until I start to feel comfortable before joining any of the conversations. If there aren't going to be enough people I know around, then yeah... I'd probably just go home. It doesn't take long for me to become accustomed to new people. It's more just the anticipation of meeting them, or the first few minutes that I dread.

It is also worth pointing out that the people you meet at such events are likely to be friendly by default. The same doesn't apply to a lot of other situations in which you might meet new people. I am also able to handle dealing with customers in job situations, because although the people aren't familiar, the situation is extremely familiar, and the basis for interaction is sharply defined. I can run through my standard procedures.

It doesn't make everyday life difficult, it just makes me likely to avoid certain situations. Or at least to view them with a little trepidation and anxiety. As a rule, things tend to work out once I'm in a situation, but the prospect of being in that situation is the scary part.
At the risk of making a pointless post: What he said. :O

[Scandiadream]

I got a 31.

[SlackerDude]

12/50. ... but some of those questions are really weird and ambiguous.

[Vaikyuko]

I got a 23, and not only are some of them very ambiguous, others have absolutely nothing to do with autism.

[Rhosama]

19/50, guess that's a little high for a woman, but my son does have Aspberger's. They say it's genetic. Guess he got it from me. That's okay! I was never really into all the materialistic things most Western women are into anyway.

[Tenou]

You type like you're incredibly sane to me... You don't manifest dellusions or develop short-term amnesias do you?...
Thank you?

Sorry for asking that, but truth be told, I just love movies with a main character looking terribly normal but suffers from slight mental problems--ie. 50 First Dates, Memento, Spellbound, A Beautiful Mind, Random Harvest, and the upcoming Lars And The Real Girl...
I've though about making a movie of my life, but really, I don't think it would fly. Fantasy does better when magic, dragons, and/or pirates are involved.

It is a lot easier to come across as sane on the internet than in real life. That said, I'm sure that I do believe that Tenou is at least as sane as I am. :naughty:
Darling, not only am I as sane as you, I'm much, much prettier which means that most other faults will be over looked (Or so Haro says).

Makes me wonder, how do you handle hutzpahs like wedding receptions, birthday parties, etc... Do you just stay quietly aside or just give up and go home?... I mean I would never jump from one group to another starting conversations with strangers but I'm totally comfortable talking with people I hardly know (unless they either intimidate me or freaks me out)...
Soluza seems to have more chutzpa. Me, I tend to stick to places where I'm comfortable, that I know. If I have to go to a party or whatever, I stick very close to the people I know, stay out of sight and don't say too much. But I don't much like people or gatherings.

I got a 23, and not only are some of them very ambiguous, others have absolutely nothing to do with autism.
It's an online test. What can you expect? Especially when I get a 40 when here I am, walking, talking, not autistic. Like those online IQ tests. I checked the source codes for the one, you know where Einstein is on the link everywhere. Anyway, you can't get under 100.

[Soluzar]

Darling, not only am I as sane as you, I'm much, much prettier which means that most other faults will be over looked (Or so Haro says).
I wouldn't dream of disputing that. I may have a certain charm, but I don't think there are many people in this world who would ever call me pretty. I'll settle for such being just "not ugly". I've met ugly people, and they don't look like me.

Soluzar seems to have more chutzpah.
I would say that perhaps on some occasions I find it possible to borrow a little from my friends. My own basic stock of chutzpah is probably not that much different from your own. I'm no kind of party animal, that's for sure. I just occasionally go to them because it's expected of me. That doesn't mean that I'm entirely at my ease, just that I can manage to function in those kind of situations if I need to. If the party will be mainly people I know, that is a whole different matter, of course.

Me, I tend to stick to places where I'm comfortable, that I know. If I have to go to a party or whatever, I stick very close to the people I know, stay out of sight and don't say too much. But I don't much like people or gatherings.
It's only people in general that I don't like. Lots of individual people are great, it's just that when taken as a whole, the average likeability of the group tends to suffer.

[Fobb]

I got bored at 13 and quit.

Apparently I have ADD.

Same, but I stopped at around 12 I think

[Dorktron2000]

This thread is kind of embarrassing. Probably because my neighbor's kid has autism and it's observably noticeable, while I'm hearing people justify self-drawn conclusions from a single online test. If any psychiatrist made conclusions based on a single test, they should have their medical license revoked.

[Soluzar]

This thread is kind of embarrassing. Probably because my neighbor's kid has autism and it's observably noticeable, while I'm hearing people justify self-drawn conclusions from a single online test. If any psychiatrist made conclusions based on a single test, they should have their medical license revoked.
Are you reading the same thread as me? I'm mostly noticing people say that they don't have any autistic tendancies. Some people are pointing out that they have tendancies which are similar to those observed in people who suffer from autistic spectrum disorders, but I've yet to see anyone draw the conclusion that they must be autistic because of this test.

[Holy Knight]

This thread is kind of embarrassing. Probably because my neighbor's kid has autism and it's observably noticeable, while I'm hearing people justify self-drawn conclusions from a single online test. If any psychiatrist made conclusions based on a single test, they should have their medical license revoked.

I didn't comment on the test since I took it for granted that it was quite obvious it isn't an indicator of autism. And the rest of what I was about to say was said by Soluzar in the above post.

Some of us are just reclusive (which the test seems to rely on a bit too much) and not all that good at conversations. Too much generality in there. Then again, it relies on self-diagnosis, which any true autistic probably couldn't answer.

The best thing this test does is confirm the thought that anime watchers are more likely to be introverts that develop pattern-seeking skills from watching too much anime. So yeah.

[Rhosama]

otaku do tend to be introverted, except when around other Otaku. There are exceptions, like my bishie husband. He's got Ritsu Sohma's looks (long red hair, really!) and Ayame Sohma's attitude. But I found him in a geek's outlet. (Sci-fi City, Orlando, FL), go figure

[KatayokuのTenshi]

I found him in a geek's outlet.

The answer to "How do geeks mate?" Apparently there is some kind of shop. ;)

[Soluzar]

The answer to "How do geeks mate?" Apparently there is some kind of shop. ;)
Is it online? Because otherwise that would involve leaving the house, which is something self-respecting anime fans just don't do that often.

[Tenou]

This thread is kind of embarrassing. Probably because my neighbor's kid has autism and it's observably noticeable, while I'm hearing people justify self-drawn conclusions from a single online test. If any psychiatrist made conclusions based on a single test, they should have their medical license revoked.

I think you're more than a little off. I think the closest anyone came to drawing conclusions was 'well, my score was above average/average/below average.' You do that with any test. Even zombie survival quizzes.

And I think you put way too much store in the medical profession. They're as incompetent and fallible as anyone here. I'll tell everyone, do not trust your doctor implicitly. If you think your doctor is wrong, get a second opinion because you know how you feel. Your doctor doesn't. Take responsibility for your own health.


Can you do a made to order? Customization and the like?

[Dorktron2000]

Some of us are just reclusive (which the test seems to rely on a bit too much) and not all that good at conversations. Too much generality in there. Then again, it relies on self-diagnosis, which any true autistic probably couldn't answer.
This is social anxiety. See a therapist not a psychiatrist. Self-wallowing does not need any further source than one's own personality.

And I think you put way too much store in the medical profession. They're as incompetent and fallible as anyone here. I'll tell everyone, do not trust your doctor implicitly. If you think your doctor is wrong, get a second opinion because you know how you feel. Your doctor doesn't. Take responsibility for your own health.
I know most doctors are just as arrogant, opinionated, and rude as the average person. I guess I'm more upset that people like to self-diagnose themselves through programs like WebMD or worse Wikipedia demanding expensive tests that are barely compensated by insurance. Having a mental illness is a stigma nobody should ever want. Also I know part of the problem is with psychiatrists themselves; in the 90's ADD was the "it" diagnosis, today it's autism.

[HSaabedra]

I know most doctors are just as arrogant, opinionated, and rude as the average person. I guess I'm more upset that people like to self-diagnose themselves through programs like WebMD or worse Wikipedia demanding expensive tests that are barely compensated by insurance. Having a mental illness is a stigma nobody should ever want. Also I know part of the problem is with psychiatrists themselves; in the 90's ADD was the "it" diagnosis, today it's autism.

Blame the fact that being a geek is considered cool now. People think that all geeks have autism or Aspergers and they want it because it makes them seem "smarter". I'm not happy about this because what it does is trivialize the condition. Being a volunteer at a local hospital that specializes in treatment for kids with autism and learning disabilities, you really see how painful it is for parents.

In no way am I proud of the fact that I display traits common to autism, but I soldier on and work through it because unlike the idiot people and kids that want to believe they have Aspergers or are "autistic", I just want to be able to live among the rest of the world with no issues especially as my symptoms are the result of brain damage due to premature birth and a lifelong disability.

[Hara!]

What´s funny about people who wish they had Aspergers is that they wish they didn´t fit in. And though I must say it´s hard being batshit insane, I must say I would not want to have it any other way.

I´m not autistic. I´m anti-social on my own, dammit.

[CrossboneGundam]

Blame the fact that being a geek is considered cool now. People think that all geeks have autism or Aspergers and they want it because it makes them seem "smarter".

What? Since when was being a geek considered "cool"? And since when did people think all geeks were autistic?

Loser geeks like to self-diagnose themselves with aspergers because they want an excuse to sit around in their mom's basement posting on digimon and asperger's forums (see Something Awful's weekend web,) all day instead of moving out and getting a job or going to school.

[HSaabedra]

What? Since when was being a geek considered "cool"? And since when did people think all geeks were autistic?

Since G4 turned into the bastard child of E! and Spike TV. The media loves geek culture because they like iPods and other assorted simple "technology" A show like Heroes would have bombed just two years ago based on its premise of it were on cable. Comic books are being reviewed in Rolling Stone. Learn to pay attention to pop culture and you might realize how shallow and stupid the entertainment world is. It doesn't help the media is making a big fuss over Asperger's Syndrome thanks to shows like 60 Minutes and Dateline which are excrement for the masses.

[CrossboneGundam]

Since G4 turned into the bastard child of E! and Spike TV. The media loves geek culture because they like iPods and other assorted simple "technology" A show like Heroes would have bombed just two years ago based on its premise of it were on cable. Comic books are being reviewed in Rolling Stone. Learn to pay attention to pop culture and you might realize how shallow and stupid the entertainment world is.

The media =/= everyone.

[HSaabedra]

The media =/= everyone.

As long as people watch TV and take it as absolute fact, there is no difference.

[Alice Catherine]

Loser geeks like to self-diagnose themselves with aspergers because they want an excuse to sit around in their mom's basement posting on digimon and asperger's forums (see Something Awful's weekend web,) all day instead of moving out and getting a job or going to school.

Agreed. Also agreeing with Axl.

[Tenou]

I know most doctors are just as arrogant, opinionated, and rude as the average person. I guess I'm more upset that people like to self-diagnose themselves through programs like WebMD or worse Wikipedia demanding expensive tests that are barely compensated by insurance. Having a mental illness is a stigma nobody should ever want. Also I know part of the problem is with psychiatrists themselves; in the 90's ADD was the "it" diagnosis, today it's autism.
When you hear a doctor say 'whoops, I gave you the wrong medication' you'll have a whole new outlook. I rely on the internet as well as my pharmacist to make sure that the prescriptions I am taking are the correct ones. But you can't trust your physician either. My pharmacist was having a bad day, didn't pay enough attention and gave me the wrong prescription. Thankfully I looked at the lable before I took one.

There was a study done a couple of months ago, Canada and the US. Canada has strict regulations for advertising medications, the US does not.
What this study found is that Americans have been spending, increasing exponentially over the last 10 years, the ammount they spend on medication, both over the counter and prescription. From doctors they heard that patients were demanding certain prescriptions and claiming certain conditions (depression was the number one, if I remember correctly).
In Canada, though there has been some increase over the same time period, it hasn't been nearly as high as the US.

Conclusion? Canada probably won't be changing it's regulations any time soon.

Drug companies are pushing consumers to self diagnosis and, with the demystification of the medical profession and the internet, what is a society to think?

What? Since when was being a geek considered "cool"? And since when did people think all geeks were autistic?

Loser geeks like to self-diagnose themselves with aspergers because they want an excuse to sit around in their mom's basement posting on digimon and asperger's forums (see Something Awful's weekend web,) all day instead of moving out and getting a job or going to school.

Geeks run the internet. Everyone uses the internet. It has become an implement of evil, the geeks taking control of pop culture. It was inevitable. In the beginning it was all, 'open source, for the good of man kind.' Now it's all 'screw man kind, we have the power and you are our puppets. You will watch what we tell you to watch, you will like what we tell you to like. We are the 1337 h4x0r.'

That communism poster may have been right.

[Dorktron2000]

When you hear a doctor say 'whoops, I gave you the wrong medication' you'll have a whole new outlook. I rely on the internet as well as my pharmacist to make sure that the prescriptions I am taking are the correct ones. But you can't trust your physician either. My pharmacist was having a bad day, didn't pay enough attention and gave me the wrong prescription. Thankfully I looked at the lable before I took one.

This is why they have pharmacists, to double check for interactions etc. Just because every doctor should have a copy of the PDR doesn't mean every single one is on top of every possible interaction of every single drug. It would be ridiculous to expect that out of a single human.

I'm not happy about this because what it does is trivialize the condition. Being a volunteer at a local hospital that specializes in treatment for kids with autism and learning disabilities, you really see how painful it is for parents.

Compare with this that was said at the beginning of the thread:

That means I don´t have the same imaginary disease as that guy who made Pokémon.

I agree with you; I hate to see something that people really have to struggle through be marginalized by the vapid and obnoxious.

[boomsnapclap]

17 outta 50, whew. :)

[tenshi_a]

36 / 50. Well, whaddya know?

I'm just somewhat reclusive, though. That's all. Maybe.

[Soluzar]

It is a lot easier to come across as sane on the internet than in real life. That said, I'm sure that I do believe that Tenou is at least as sane as I am. :naughty:

Oh yeah, I got a 36... go figure. It's probably a bit more accurate for me than for Tenou. I'm not under the delusion that I suffer from Asperger's or Autism, but I'm definitely a bit reclusive in real life.

36 / 50. Well, whaddya know?

I'm just somewhat reclusive, though. That's all. Maybe.

:lol:

I love coincidences.

[tenshi_a]

You're obsessed with numbers, man! Obsessed, I say! :lol:

[Soluzar]

Not as obsessed as this guy (http://xkcd.com/289/)!