[Off-Topic] The Autism Test

As I was browsing the website for 'Wired' magazine (see my other post), I came across this rather interesting online test for autism:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html

Try it and see how you come out!

I got 29....High score good right?

Pyschotaz wrote:

I got 29....High score good right?

In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives.

Pyschotaz wrote:

I got 29....High score good right?

Points make prizes!

There's nothing wrong with having a high score. Now, would you like me to repeat that telephone number, backwards, that I spotted in that film on TV last night ...

31

Gurfang wrote:

31

Fruitcake! Or maybe basket?

14, but then i never expected that autism was one of my problems.

Numbers though...is there a condition like dyslexia but with numbers? if there is i'm sure i have that

Vypra wrote:

14, but then i never expected that autism was one of my problems.

Numbers though...is there a condition like dyslexia but with numbers? if there is i'm sure i have that

Yes, though I can't remember it's name. I have a friend who has it.

***EDIT***
Just searched the name, it's "Dyscalculia"

I got 15...is this good or bad?

i got 60/50

munechi wrote:

i got 60/50

Score: 16

but I realy have a problem with remembering dates, phone numbers, names and things like that...

I scored a 34, but then I'd already been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. The problem I find with any srurvey like that, is for the most part I was pickng an answer that was -vaguely- correct, rather than actually being a true representation of how I feel/think. Then there's the general disparity between how I percieve my actions, and how others do. Most are too polite to tell me if I've said anything wrong, or even if I do go on needlessly, so choosing the right answer for those was based more on a baseless assumption, rather than any real evidence - just like politics, I guess.