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Journal eno2001's Journal: POLL: Test your A.Q. (Autism Quotient) 43

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A friend of mine sent this A.Q. Test to me. I took it and was semi-surprised by my score. According to the test I'm borderline. I scored a 32. (Note: I'm not concerned by my score since I'm well integrated into society for the most part. Even if I am a "ditry lih'ral") It makes sense in some ways. But I have very strong emotions when it comes to sadness and anger. I can also be very happy internally but can't really express it without a huge amount of effort. Excitment is something I'm terrible at. I might feel excited inside, but people never pick up on it. Partially because I feel like expressing excitement is ridiculous. Take the test. See how you do. It might surprise you. Keep in mind that it's only a Newsweek poll... And... be careful out there. :P
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POLL: Test your A.Q. (Autism Quotient)

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  • 23 (Score:1)

    by grub ( 11606 )
    23 average.

    Took it 3 times; 23, 24, and 22. I guess that's closet to the mark. :)
  • I can't even open the page I am that unAutistic ... neither on safari or Firefox Mac ..
    May be a local problem or something .. will have to boot the other machine later
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    • I've offically got Asperger's (NOT self-diagnosed, though I was in the beginning) and even I had a problem with that one. I happen to enjoy both about equally- but I think the purpose of the resarcher was that the theater is a more social activity than the museum.
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        • Ah, your bit was flipped a different direction than mine- I automatically assumed "Theater" was LIVE theater- where the audience is almost as important as the play, and there's real interaction between actors and audience, in theory.

          But given your response, I think this may be my Asperger's kicking in again, not understanding the difference between "appropriate" behavior in a theater (staying quiet and not interacting) vs "inappropriate" beahvior (reacting to and interacting with the live actors). Either
      • go figure, eh?

        ~D
  • I'm suprised I scored that low- though I know at least three questions I clicked, and a second later I thought "I should have answered that differently". But I got a 42, well within my Asperger's Syndrome diagnosis.
    • I have tinges of the reactions. I guess I fall into the "absent minded professor" syndrome. Not quite anything else. I do get EXTREMELY upset when someone enters my sphere of influence and bothers me. That's MY SPACE. (I also enjoy going out, but mostly out of sheer boredom and looking for a new place to explore, even if that be in a movie.

      Guess its the downside of being a geek, if a downside it is.

      ~D
  • I took it three times and got 40, 42, and 44.

    But I agree with Squggleslash. Some of the questions were difficult to answer. I'd usually rather not go to either a museum or theater.
    • I thought them through and looked for what they really meant . So I noticed that by theatre it meant human interaction and observing people .
      So I answered Theatre , though I would rather go to a museum with people and talk about the displays with them and discuss things.
      The questions were not perfect , near impossible to make them perfect which is why evaluation is required by a trained professional .

      I just gamed the test ;) scored 50
  • But I know that I notice license plates and patterns!
  • As somebody who is diagnosed with Asperger's, I need to say that strong feelings are NOT incompatible with autism. Autistics have strong feelings, just like anybody else. The only difference is that compared to NTs we have the WRONG feelings, or share them inappropriately, whatever that means....appropriate and inappropriate behavior has never meant very much to me.
    • Interesting. I do know that people do find some of my emotional responses "inappropriate" at times. I've always chalked that up to just being a bit of an oddball.
      • And for a truly HIGH functioning Asperger's Syndrome person, I find anger and frustration take over more and more as I get older- I don't suffer fools gladly, and in an earlier age, I'd probably be out killing the stupid. But oddball is a good description- classic Asperger's and autistics aren't really that different from the NT population, but due to our screwed up neural wiring, we're oddballs. We react differently than they do to stimulous, but that can be a good thing as much as a bad thing.
  • You guys are all freaks. How may minutes 'til Wapner? :) :) :)
  • I'm scoring a 32. I'm not sure how much of that is being autistic, and how much is being smart and easily bored by conventions.
    • That's a different take on it. Hmmm... "yeah what he said"!
    • how much of that is being autistic, and how much is being smart and easily bored

      There's a difference? No, really- there's a reason why there's a prevalent theory among autistics that we are the next stage in the evolution of homo sapiens- homo sapiens calculatorus? Or maybe just homo mechanicus.
      • Hey, Cylons are hot Mamas. Who cares about anything else?

        But all seriousness aside, it seems to me that autistics aren't as likely to breed as other humans. It's not an evolutionary advantage, it's just an abnormality in the species. Now if we all got together and built a large spaceship, then we might get somewhere.
        • But all seriousness aside, it seems to me that autistics aren't as likely to breed as other humans. It's not an evolutionary advantage, it's just an abnormality in the species. Now if we all got together and built a large spaceship, then we might get somewhere.

          In the last decade of the twentieth century, that changed. Yes, previous to this, autistics weren't as likely to breed as other humans- mainly due to the Catholic Church, which in the middle ages sucked up large numbers of them to be monks and copy
          • I really hate to say it, for a number of reasons, but I think that might be pie in the sky dreaming. I'll start a journal entry, and we can discus it there. I'm not sold on the idea completely either way, and I think it might prove fascinating.
            • I really hate to say it, for a number of reasons, but I think that might be pie in the sky dreaming. I'll start a journal entry, and we can discus it there. I'm not sold on the idea completely either way, and I think it might prove fascinating.

              I didn't say I believed the theory YET- but there is some tantalizing evidence for autism being both genetically caused (at least in part, there's also the point that autism has a lot in common with mercury poisoning, and large numbers of autistic people show eviden
      • ;) So I guess us with Anti-Autism are Homo-Philosophus .. or Homo-magintus
        • So I guess us with Anti-Autism are Homo-Philosophus .. or Homo-magintus

          More Homo Socialus....as in likeing people better than machines (I love my wife but I actually LIKE my computer)...
          • I love my computer .. but I tend to personify it and give it character .Not as in seeing it as a person , more a gateway .
            Way to tell the difference between an intelligent introvert and an intelligent Extrovert , one builds a model star destroyer and places it carefully in a shelf after labelling and numbering it , the other builds a model star destroyer , flies it around the room and shows it to everyone .. most likely whilst making quad lazer cannon noises .
  • Not bad.
  • But then again: I'm a fanatic reader, that does make a bit unsocial at times.
    • I am also a fanatic reader .. but I am also a fanatic talker abouter it to othersers .
      If I have to keep quiet about something new I have learnt for 5 minutes I will go insane .. well not that bad really , but I like hyperbole More than anything ever created .
  • but there is always tomorrow :-D

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