Asperger's Quiz

[watervole]

I just did the Aspie quiz which can be found at http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php


Your Aspie score: 45 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 140 of 200
You are very likely neurotypical

Pretty much what I expected. Unlike many fannish types, I don't have much of a tendency towards Asperger's. The questions seem quite well organised and well thought out (unlike some quizes that you see). I gather the guy is looking to see if there is any correlation between certain physical traits and Asperger's symptoms.

Comments

[lexin.livejournal.com]

Aspie score: 140/200
Non autistic score: 48/200
"You are very likely and Aspie."

Not that that's news, particularly.

[asphodeline.livejournal.com]

My score is very similar to yours. Not something I'd thought about much but it makes sense.

[snowdraco.livejournal.com]

Your Aspie score: 38 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 171 of 200
You are very likely neurotypical

I felt torn between some questions like

Do you prefer animals to people?

Since I love Animals and have worked with them I can sometimes be very distracted by them. I did not want to make that choice.

Is creating a social identity important for you?

I felt this question was one of the hardest. Social identity I feel I sometimes work too hard to make people accept me because I spent so much of my childhood not being accepted because of my dyslexia. I sometimes try too hard to make friends and sometimes miss communicate or misunderstand what people are telling me because I find it hard to translate information through my dyslexia. It can be a bad thing and I do try very hard to understand, to try to understand what people really mean rather than what they are saying. I think for me being accepted by people is very important. This is all due to weaknesses I know I have, and being able to show people I am intelligent and not stupid.

I just find it so hard to tell people I have problems in that area and so often people miss understand me because of it, and then I find I am loosing that connection with people mostly because I miss understand what they are hinting. I do see when I have upset someone or when they have reached their limit I am good at reading people but not at the words. It is frustrating to not understand something which is simple to everyone else and I do try very hard to be more confident. Some days I am slipping down the slope and I feel frustrated and embarrassed, other days I am running up the hill and all is well.