Autism Test

[integral]

From the Blog Post

Post your results. Autism Test

[Terell Kirby]

Scored 10

[Bjorn K Holmstrom]

Scored 18/50

[Leo Gura]

@integral What is yours?

[LoneWonderer]

20/50.

Questions be like: Do you like socializing and meeting new people?

Me: I strongly disagree sir!

Edited 1 hour ago by LoneWonderer

[Myioko]

29

[integral]

31 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

@integral What is yours?

22/50

Im curious to see what questions lead to the 25 that you got.

Edited 48 minutes ago by integral

[Leo Gura]

2 minutes ago, integral said:

22/50

Im curious to see what questions lead to the 25 that you got.

Mostly the ones about not wanting to socialize.

That test poorly differentiates between introversion and autism.

Extroverts will score low and introverts will score high.

Edited 45 minutes ago by Leo Gura

[Thought Art]

0/25

[aurum]

15/50.

The focus questions likely bumped up my score. I can get very dialed in on a project.

But the socialization questions likely dropped my score. I answered them all pretty positively.

[aurum]

Just now, Thought Art said:

0/25

Autistic people fear you 

[Extreme Z7]

I got a 19.
I'm a fairly intuitive and creative mind but I also value logic and rationality to a high degree,
I guess my most "autistic" aspect is that I have obsessive traits. I'm quite completionist when it comes to collecting things and playing video games, for example.

Edited 38 minutes ago by Extreme Z7

[Leo Gura]

1 minute ago, Extreme Z7 said:

I guess my most "autistic" aspect is that I have obsessive traits.

I don't have those.

[Ulax]

29

I win!

[Leo Gura]

5 minutes ago, Thought Art said:

0/25

[Adrian colby]

Pass… got diagnosed as level 2 ASD in June after a masking collapse that left me energetically floored. It was like fighting an ego dissolution but slowed down to real time including the dissociation. Even the weeks after the event felt like a disturbingly still afterglow… but do you know what? I found authenticity. I literally had no choice. There was no capacity to mask left. 

Edited 37 minutes ago by Adrian colby

[something_else]

12/50

[integral]

1 minute ago, Leo Gura said:

Mostly the ones about not wanting to socialize.

That test poorly differentiates between introversion and autism.

Yeah, that's western psychology for you.

Each personality type would have its own way of being autistic. Some extroverts are autistic and they wouldn't show up on this test.

[Human Mint]

18/50

[trenton]

@Leo Gura there are also autistic extroverts. Part of the problem with autism tests is this very stereotype. Some autistic people get a lot of attention by playing into their weirdness which people find hilarious or socially bold should they swing the pendulum. These autistic people would love to socialize and have lots of friends. I used to do this as a child, but I gradually became more introverted and afraid following child abuse which is common autistic or not. I'm not naturally introverted unless I am sufficiently threatened and become afraid of others which autistic people often do because they end up being hurt for being different even if they can't help it. Autistic introversion is an adaptive response, but not necessarily a part of autism itself.