From: chuppa	Date: June 30th, 2009 08:33 am (UTC)		(Link)

I tried an online test and got - 34

32 - 50 Scores over 32 are generally taken to indicate Asperger's Syndrome or high-functioning autism, with more than 34 an "extreme" score.


Hmm.
To be honest if i did this test when i was younger, i would have scored higher again i think.
I have learned lots of behaviors, and taken an interest in people and their intentions and learned and patterned them. So i can socially interact now, and also get a good idea of peoples intentions and whatnot, much better than when i was younger.
But at the same time, as i walk among them, i know i am not one of them :P

	From: chuppa	Date: June 30th, 2009 08:34 am (UTC)		(Link)

http://www.piepalace.ca/blog/asperger-test-aq-test

Test BTW.

	From: domesticmouse	Date: June 30th, 2009 09:49 am (UTC)		(Link)

I remember taking that test... and scoring about 40. =)

	From: serehfa	Date: June 30th, 2009 10:51 am (UTC)		(Link)

I scored 40. And I was trying to be kind to myself!

	From: domesticmouse	Date: July 1st, 2009 02:41 am (UTC)		(Link)

=)

	From: darkstardeity	Date: July 1st, 2009 05:29 am (UTC)		(Link)

I got 26 on that test, but I found my answers depended a lot on how I interpreted them. Many of the questions I answered honestly from where I am standing now, but there is an implied "because I have taken many years of conscious effort to learn this thing" tagged on to the end of it. Even the ones that say "I enjoy ..." had the disclaimer "because I have learned and no longer find those situations totally bewildering".

Funnily enough, 26 is still above "Average male or female computer scientist". It's interesting that for some of the comparisons they have separated male and female. I've been beginning to suspect that Aspergers is under-diagnosed in females. I think the fact that female brains seem to be better wired for social interactions than male brains may effectively counter-balance the social difficulties in a woman, while would be much more apparent in a man with a similar "degree" of Aspergers. The difficulties are still there, and will often only become apparent when she is in the company solely or predominantly of other (non-Aspy) women. Then, she will find herself quickly out of her depth, or bored, or both.

Edited at 2009-07-01 05:31 am (UTC)

	From: domesticmouse	Date: July 1st, 2009 05:33 am (UTC)		(Link)

I agree on all of the above.

My understanding of the linked test is that it is designed to be administered to teenagers, i.e. before they have learned coping strategies. So it would be more accurate to reverse the answers that you called out above. That would give a more accurate diagnosis.

	From: darkstardeity	Date: July 1st, 2009 05:40 am (UTC)		(Link)

Gods, you want me to try and remember what I was like as a teenager? I've spent the last *mumblemumble* years trying to forget :)

	From: domesticmouse	Date: July 1st, 2009 05:44 am (UTC)		(Link)

You already said there were answers that you hedged on the basis that you had learned coping strategies. Flip those answers. =)

	From: darkstardeity	Date: July 1st, 2009 05:45 am (UTC)		(Link)

OK, trying to remember back what I was like then scored me a 34.

	From: domesticmouse	Date: July 1st, 2009 06:32 am (UTC)		(Link)

That's probably more realistic.

	From: chuppa	Date: July 1st, 2009 07:32 am (UTC)		(Link)

I think the fact that female brains seem to be better wired for social interactions than male brains may effectively counter-balance the social difficulties in a woman, while would be much more apparent in a man with a similar "degree" of Aspergers

That would make sense.

"because I have taken many years of conscious effort to learn this thing"

Totally agree on this too. As i said, if i scored this when iwas a kid, then it would be higher. I have learned social interaction and people skills. Get me alone though, and im as wierd as i used to be ;)

	From: domesticmouse	Date: July 1st, 2009 07:34 am (UTC)		(Link)

Heh. Just the way we likes ya. =)

	From: rustythoughts	Date: July 6th, 2009 04:26 pm (UTC)		(Link)

And another interesting story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/04/autism-asperger-s-education-society

	From: domesticmouse	Date: July 7th, 2009 12:36 am (UTC)		(Link)

We have so far to go, as a society, on learning how to integrate Aspies.

	From: rustythoughts	Date: July 17th, 2009 08:50 am (UTC)		(Link)

There seems to be a steady flow of these types of stories here at the moment: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8153564.stm