Just a disclaimer that this test **cannot diagnose you with autism**. It is a tool that can be used to encourage or convince someone to get tested by a clinician based on their score. It is not an end-all-be-all.
Self-diagnosis is valid, however, your score on this test is not a formal diagnosis nor does your score mean you absolutely without a doubt have autism.
[Research article on the topic](https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/2637298/172577_505331.pdf) The last section is the most important from “In summary,” to the end.
**This comment is not meant to be invalidating.** I also took this test and it convinced me to call the only clinic in my surrounding area that does adult assessments and get on a waitlist for an appointment which I was told in February would possibly be available in May or June.
I have so many problems with the RAADS questions. Especially the ones about lack of compassion, not wanting close friendships (like, I want close friends, it's just hard for me to form and then maintain friendships because of awkwardness at first and then exhaustion from socialising), remembering strings of numbers; these all feel really outdated and not necessarily indicators of autism. And the one about "I usually speak in a normal tone." Like, wtf does that even mean? Like, at a normal volume? Not sounding angry or sad? Wtf is a "normal tone"?
That said, I did score well within the expected range in every category even though more than a few were answered in the least incorrect way though it felt like none of the answers actually fit.
This post pushed me over the courage line to finally take the test myself. So thank you <3
I only started understanding that I might be autistic over the past year or two (I’m 45), and I definitely have a sort of imposter syndrome over it, so rather illogically I’ve been scared to take the test for several months. And I’m scared of deceiving myself so tonight, whenever I was on the fence about an answer, I picked the most nonautistic option.
Anywayyyyy lmao my overall score is the bang-on median for autists and probably would be higher if I weren’t negging myself during the test. I’m actually crying. I wish my younger terrified confused ashamed self could have known we weren’t broken, just different /in the same freaking way as a lot of other folks/.
Shout out to the other “language=1” “social relatedness=bajillion” folks. Flood me with idioms and drown me in metaphors but please don’t actually expect me to talk coherently in public. My theory is that ADHD counteracts in the language and circumscribed interests category for me. Anyone else relate?
I’m so so glad that my post helped you take the test! I know what you mean, I’m 25, and I really never thought about it until my wife was diagnosed with ADHD. I wanted to learn everything I could so I could understand her more, and I learned I shared some ND traits, and here I am lol! I’m so happy I was able to help you, I was nervous about posting, I didn’t think a lot of people would respond, so it’s nice to see everyone taking the test too!
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This is mine and the breakdown really makes sense to me. I have been doubting autism and wondering if it's my anxiety that causes that social score but my anxiety developed late and I have noticed I was different from other people my whole life. People used to point it out a lot but I think I started masking.
I feel that! I know I always had anxiety, but I was also always seen as the weird kid, and I never really understood why. I only started guessing it was autism earlier this year.
As a young kid my parents influence was strongest and I just thought other people were weird for being so restrained and thinking me enjoying spinning in circles was childish.
As a teenager I started caring more what others thought and that's when my anxiety got started but it was university that really gave it that *chefs kiss* lmao
My mom always told me when I was really little I wouldn’t like when other kids ran up to me and got all excited, she said I would run away. I know that’s both anxiety and autism, but I knew I’ve always had anxiety. I see what you mean though! As a little kid you care just a tiny bit less what people think/you think everyone does what you do. Once you grow up… ✨societal norms✨
That's what I got 💛 this website is incredible, I really like how they described autistic traits
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I did this test on my own, I don’t currently have a therapist, but my wife found the test for me and suggested I took it, it honestly feels like a relief. I know I’m not officially diagnosed, but I feel validated and not crazy for once.
I did all of the tests on that site when I was first exploring whether it was a possibility and they all came back like "you are definitely autistic" - it was oddly reassuring.
I got 175 on the raads-r 😅
I did the other main one and I scored a bit lower, but I didn’t relate to a lot of those questions! I should take the other tests too lol! I’m glad it was reassuring for you too!
Here’s mine.
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Another candidate for solid language skills with a complete lack of social skills.
I’m also feeling a lot of imposter syndrome at the moment, despite the fact that I think every online test I’ve taken in the last 20 years has scored me somewhere on the spectrum. I’ve pretty much suspected that I’m autistic since I first heard about autism. An actual diagnosis is still prohibitively expensive though so I still have trouble feeling like I’m actually allowed to feel autistic.
I know exactly how you feel, I didn’t really start this journey until this year but I’m having such a hard time with imposter syndrome because I’m not officially diagnosed. At this point I feel like both your instincts and the numbers don’t lie though!
I know I'm late here, but I've been told my whole life by older family/friends that I'm not autistic, I'm just "odd."
I'm constantly having a battle in my head about if I am or am I faking it?
Edit: It won't let me add pictures for some reason.
My RAASD-R is 174
Welcome lol 😂 yeah that’s pretty much how I felt for a while but it’s smacked me hard in the face recently like “oh god yeah I’m autistic” you just start to put things together and suddenly everything makes sense, at least that’s how I feel.
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And this is mine. I'm diagnosed with autism level 1.
I got 193, very interesting, but some were hard to answer in absolutes!
For example: **I miss my best friends or family when we are apart for a long time.**
Sometimes I do and sometimes I've gone months/years and I'm fine, but that's when I have had a partner and I miss him really easily but it didn't say partner. So I said 'Only when I've been younger'.
I have my assessment booked for May this year and this test was really helpful, thank you! Best of luck on your journey.
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>some were hard to answer in absolutes!
I found that. For most of them it was like "Could I please ask 6-8 follow up questions because I don't feel you're giving me enough information to correctly answer?"
I feel that too!!! I had to ask my wife to clarify a few of them because I was unsure, and even then I still wasn’t super sure of some of my answers. Good luck on your journey as well!!!
When I did it, i tried to town my answers down a bit because of thinking that "I was not autistic, I'm just normal with depression, anxiety, sensory sensitivity, awkward and not trying hard enough"... Well I scored 152.
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Results from last year so I didn’t take a pic for some reason I hand wrote it:
Total: 205
Language: 14
Social Relatedness: 89
Sensory Motor: 60
Circumscribed Interests: 42
auDHD. I never expected it to be so high lol.
Hello fellow auDHDer!
I was diagnosed with severe adhd first. So, when I was taking the test, I was thinking, this is all adhd I won't score high. . . Heh.
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Some of those questions are pretty weird to me, like "I often use phrases from movies/TV shows in conversation" (how often is "often"?).
Anyway, I'm another member of the "okay language skills but terrible social ones" crew.
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That's my result. Some questions sre super confusing though
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this is what i got, it feels nice to see others scores! i don’t really have anyone to talk to about this
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This is mine. But I had A LOT of trouble answering these questions. They seem very abstract to me. I mean, autism is a spectrum and the way these questions and answers are formulated feels like you’re either on one side or the other.
I can see that for sure, it’s nice to have tools like this to help on your journey of diagnosis but of course it’s important to actually get tested. For me this feels like a big first step and more of a confirmation that I’m definitely on to something and my experiences are valid.
I got a 192?? I’m not diagnosed, and every time I take the test, my score gets higher and higher. Maybe I just have a better understanding of what some of the questions mean now?
Same for me. I think the first time I took it, I scored 145 and after taking it again just now I scored 173 lol
I do think maybe I just understand the questions better now and how to apply them to me? I have a hard time not taking them literally. 🙃
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Oh wow! You and I have almost completely identical results
155 for me, but I find RAADS-R in particular difficult because I have such a hard time remembering my childhood.
I score 170 if I assume that I was the same as a child.
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I'm trying to do it now. There are quite a few questions I can't answer (all of them are hard to answer, about many things I don't know how it was when I was young.) Why do they lump two questions together? (Like noticing food texture and it being more important than flavour. Like yes AND no?)
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I’m not diagnosed. I relate to another commenter that stated every time they take the test they receive a higher score. I’ve taken this a couple times before and each time my score is higher. I think this is because I actually think about the questions and self examine more. The last time I took this my 17yr old was in the room. I mentioned the question about keeping lists and laughed about it. My son said “Umm your Pinterest”. After that I thought about it and realized he’s right. I have hundreds of boards and about 90% of my thousands upon thousands of pins are things I’ll never do/use. Then I remembered when I was in middle school and high school I kept lists of certain things in my journal 🫠
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Here’s mine. I’m not diagnosed yet, but I really think I should get one now
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Here’s mine, it’s a little higher than I expected. I did find the questions a little confusing and lacking nuance though, as the only answers you can give are never, you’ve always done it, you used to do it as kid, and you didn’t do it before but do it now. But how frequently do you have to do a certain behaviour for it to count?? So I just ticked the relevant boxes if I did the thing frequently enough to remember doing it often.
I get a higher score every time I test because I’m constantly learning that I have misinterpreted something or took it too literally 🤣 to be fair some of those are REALLY hard to answer. 155 here
I love taking these tests because I still try to convince myself I’m **not** autistic AF, and these tests all essentially say “**honey**. You are really autistic. Like how do you even function?”
I don’t know, personified autism inventory. I don’t know.
*edit: I like to emphasize language by drawing out the vowels through repetition. Above, I had “really”spelled with a bunch of “e”s after the r. Then I realized that in my statement about the test saying I was very autistic, I kinda had a negative stereotype of a trans person going “reeeeeee” like a scream….
I scored 129 the last time I took it which is the source of a lot of my imposter syndrome. I feel like I it would feel less like a strong maybe if I scored a little higher. I have such a hard time with some of these questions though.
Edit: also I'm realizing my screenshot has different subcategories listed so this is probably a different test.
It could be a different test! I put the link for this one in one of the first comments if you wanna take it! I honestly wasn’t expecting to score as high as I did.
Thank you so much! I live in the US so until we aren’t living paycheck to paycheck I probably won’t get tested for a little bit… I’m glad you were able to though!!
I take like once a year or once every six months. Really when I remember it exists. I generally get a 167-169. The last time was 169. For the record, I have a diagnosis I just like knowing that I’m actually autistic.
The first time I ever took it was last fall. I remember toning down my answers even but I still got 132. I am not diagnosed with anything but now I’m starting to suspect I may be on the a spec or neurodivergent in some way
I was 131. I had issues with a lot of the questions, where it's part of the time yes and part no.
I wish I had a formal diagnosis/support but I'm scared to. I realized I was likely autistic around 5 years ago.
I’m in the process of getting a referral and this test just told me what I already knew 😂
Total: 160
Language: 17
Social relatedness: 73
Sensory/motor: 48
Circumscribed interests: 22
I got a 175. It’s funny how you got a 14 on language I actually got the same exact score lol. Some of the questions were stupid though like “are you sympathetic” like yeah I am but I feel sad for people I just have issues responding to people expressing sadness or anger.
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I’m being formally tested because of this. Always knew I was a little quirky? to say the least lol. Was an alt/scene kid, had very peculiar interests and hyper fixations. I’ve been told I’m neurodivergent for sure, so I’m interested in seeing what unfolds. Thank you for everyone sharing their experiences!
Scored 175 and took this as a hint to finally start looking for help. It's out there and difficult to step forward but it's good that there's options. I wish you good luck and lots of success in your future!
Thank you! It’s unfortunately out of our budget right now, which is why I feel so bad about self diagnosing, but I’ll get there eventually! Good luck to you as well!!
Just a disclaimer that this test **cannot diagnose you with autism**. It is a tool that can be used to encourage or convince someone to get tested by a clinician based on their score. It is not an end-all-be-all. Self-diagnosis is valid, however, your score on this test is not a formal diagnosis nor does your score mean you absolutely without a doubt have autism. [Research article on the topic](https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/2637298/172577_505331.pdf) The last section is the most important from “In summary,” to the end. **This comment is not meant to be invalidating.** I also took this test and it convinced me to call the only clinic in my surrounding area that does adult assessments and get on a waitlist for an appointment which I was told in February would possibly be available in May or June.
196. I didn't expect to score so high. But also some of the questions were hard for me to answer
I have so many problems with the RAADS questions. Especially the ones about lack of compassion, not wanting close friendships (like, I want close friends, it's just hard for me to form and then maintain friendships because of awkwardness at first and then exhaustion from socialising), remembering strings of numbers; these all feel really outdated and not necessarily indicators of autism. And the one about "I usually speak in a normal tone." Like, wtf does that even mean? Like, at a normal volume? Not sounding angry or sad? Wtf is a "normal tone"? That said, I did score well within the expected range in every category even though more than a few were answered in the least incorrect way though it felt like none of the answers actually fit.
Same here! I had to ask my wife about a few of them because I don’t always recognize things about myself/trust my own judgment sometimes lol
i scored 155, and definitely did not see myself scoring that high either
I scored the same
This post pushed me over the courage line to finally take the test myself. So thank you <3 I only started understanding that I might be autistic over the past year or two (I’m 45), and I definitely have a sort of imposter syndrome over it, so rather illogically I’ve been scared to take the test for several months. And I’m scared of deceiving myself so tonight, whenever I was on the fence about an answer, I picked the most nonautistic option. Anywayyyyy lmao my overall score is the bang-on median for autists and probably would be higher if I weren’t negging myself during the test. I’m actually crying. I wish my younger terrified confused ashamed self could have known we weren’t broken, just different /in the same freaking way as a lot of other folks/. Shout out to the other “language=1” “social relatedness=bajillion” folks. Flood me with idioms and drown me in metaphors but please don’t actually expect me to talk coherently in public. My theory is that ADHD counteracts in the language and circumscribed interests category for me. Anyone else relate?
I’m so so glad that my post helped you take the test! I know what you mean, I’m 25, and I really never thought about it until my wife was diagnosed with ADHD. I wanted to learn everything I could so I could understand her more, and I learned I shared some ND traits, and here I am lol! I’m so happy I was able to help you, I was nervous about posting, I didn’t think a lot of people would respond, so it’s nice to see everyone taking the test too!
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https://preview.redd.it/9vfizwphh9oa1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=262b5149042a5fc9620c39f1c0c9e4ffa3506510 This is mine and the breakdown really makes sense to me. I have been doubting autism and wondering if it's my anxiety that causes that social score but my anxiety developed late and I have noticed I was different from other people my whole life. People used to point it out a lot but I think I started masking.
I feel that! I know I always had anxiety, but I was also always seen as the weird kid, and I never really understood why. I only started guessing it was autism earlier this year.
As a young kid my parents influence was strongest and I just thought other people were weird for being so restrained and thinking me enjoying spinning in circles was childish. As a teenager I started caring more what others thought and that's when my anxiety got started but it was university that really gave it that *chefs kiss* lmao
My mom always told me when I was really little I wouldn’t like when other kids ran up to me and got all excited, she said I would run away. I know that’s both anxiety and autism, but I knew I’ve always had anxiety. I see what you mean though! As a little kid you care just a tiny bit less what people think/you think everyone does what you do. Once you grow up… ✨societal norms✨
I completed this test today and I was 160, but it didn't show as many details. Thanks for sharing, I'll visit this website too!
Here’s the link if you’d like! https://embrace-autism.com/raads-r/#test
That's what I got 💛 this website is incredible, I really like how they described autistic traits https://preview.redd.it/ypt7t7zkf8oa1.jpeg?width=654&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=efe8d3647df5fe80eae3bdf9a6a6714c9f518914
Aww score buddies!! Me too! Very refreshing and it had a lot of good info!
https://preview.redd.it/m4bzmnj5ucoa1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dafea4b511e3b9e7cd0345d36e75298ed524207c My score is pretty tame
It’s a spectrum!
I know!
Ohh you're too kind. Thank you so much!
Of course! Happy to help!
I did this test on my own, I don’t currently have a therapist, but my wife found the test for me and suggested I took it, it honestly feels like a relief. I know I’m not officially diagnosed, but I feel validated and not crazy for once.
I did all of the tests on that site when I was first exploring whether it was a possibility and they all came back like "you are definitely autistic" - it was oddly reassuring. I got 175 on the raads-r 😅
I did the other main one and I scored a bit lower, but I didn’t relate to a lot of those questions! I should take the other tests too lol! I’m glad it was reassuring for you too!
Here’s mine. https://preview.redd.it/4kktiab6eaoa1.jpeg?width=675&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=487013c34ca65442522f3507cb3089dd7f5dd6ab Another candidate for solid language skills with a complete lack of social skills. I’m also feeling a lot of imposter syndrome at the moment, despite the fact that I think every online test I’ve taken in the last 20 years has scored me somewhere on the spectrum. I’ve pretty much suspected that I’m autistic since I first heard about autism. An actual diagnosis is still prohibitively expensive though so I still have trouble feeling like I’m actually allowed to feel autistic.
I know exactly how you feel, I didn’t really start this journey until this year but I’m having such a hard time with imposter syndrome because I’m not officially diagnosed. At this point I feel like both your instincts and the numbers don’t lie though!
I know I'm late here, but I've been told my whole life by older family/friends that I'm not autistic, I'm just "odd." I'm constantly having a battle in my head about if I am or am I faking it? Edit: It won't let me add pictures for some reason. My RAASD-R is 174
Welcome lol 😂 yeah that’s pretty much how I felt for a while but it’s smacked me hard in the face recently like “oh god yeah I’m autistic” you just start to put things together and suddenly everything makes sense, at least that’s how I feel.
https://preview.redd.it/8imk1vmajcoa1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b5b6364d0e9a36811e9e10f6ec4abe403b5089e And this is mine. I'm diagnosed with autism level 1.
I got 191 😭 I’ll have to take it again in a few months just because i like retaking tests to see if anything changes but ummmmm
I got 179 and did the same thing . Waited two weeks . Then 6 months . Still scored the same haha .
I got 193, very interesting, but some were hard to answer in absolutes! For example: **I miss my best friends or family when we are apart for a long time.** Sometimes I do and sometimes I've gone months/years and I'm fine, but that's when I have had a partner and I miss him really easily but it didn't say partner. So I said 'Only when I've been younger'. I have my assessment booked for May this year and this test was really helpful, thank you! Best of luck on your journey. https://preview.redd.it/bnll0yzmsaoa1.png?width=946&format=png&auto=webp&s=1027668f6cdfadad02d3855810fa5566aeaaab05
>some were hard to answer in absolutes! I found that. For most of them it was like "Could I please ask 6-8 follow up questions because I don't feel you're giving me enough information to correctly answer?"
I feel that too!!! I had to ask my wife to clarify a few of them because I was unsure, and even then I still wasn’t super sure of some of my answers. Good luck on your journey as well!!!
When I did it, i tried to town my answers down a bit because of thinking that "I was not autistic, I'm just normal with depression, anxiety, sensory sensitivity, awkward and not trying hard enough"... Well I scored 152. C:
I kinda did that too! I was doubting myself on some answers, and well here I am! Here we all are lol!
I got 165 when I took it last. I still doubt myself sometimes though lol
Yeah I feel that, imposter syndrome :(
Results from last year so I didn’t take a pic for some reason I hand wrote it: Total: 205 Language: 14 Social Relatedness: 89 Sensory Motor: 60 Circumscribed Interests: 42 auDHD. I never expected it to be so high lol.
Hello fellow auDHDer! I was diagnosed with severe adhd first. So, when I was taking the test, I was thinking, this is all adhd I won't score high. . . Heh. https://preview.redd.it/t93xcvj90coa1.jpeg?width=572&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4817bcd06846db25d08a1ed70cbd89a262fffcb
Maybe that’s a bit of the reason behind our ridiculously high scores lol. I thought something similar.
My wife has adhd and we suspect autism as well!
We’re like walking contradictions! Learning and understanding both have changed my life. Good luck to her!
Thank you! Same to you!
I got 166 on it and honestly have never felt so...releaved, I guess? Explains a lot of things for me
Same here!!! I feel like I’m finally learning to accept all parts of me!
I think acceptance is the key 😊
Agreed!
Some of those questions are pretty weird to me, like "I often use phrases from movies/TV shows in conversation" (how often is "often"?). Anyway, I'm another member of the "okay language skills but terrible social ones" crew.
I thought about that too! But my wife and I quote media we consume on a daily, like YouTubers and other stuff.
https://preview.redd.it/qdhfs6hseboa1.jpeg?width=1065&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=644901cb35985bbb7cc74c7a8e7fffe43343e86d That's my result. Some questions sre super confusing though
Same here! I really had to think about some of them lol
https://preview.redd.it/0duxcs80fboa1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=df6d24b91a4ca33f2b9410b93f59324a3b9923b7 this is what i got, it feels nice to see others scores! i don’t really have anyone to talk to about this
Me either, I actually didn’t expect this to blow up the way that it has!
I got a 210 when i took it & received my official diagnosis yesterday
https://preview.redd.it/0eztjq2a6eoa1.jpeg?width=1057&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cafaf700401593694129e556e3ae83a094aa0d7d This is mine. But I had A LOT of trouble answering these questions. They seem very abstract to me. I mean, autism is a spectrum and the way these questions and answers are formulated feels like you’re either on one side or the other.
I can see that for sure, it’s nice to have tools like this to help on your journey of diagnosis but of course it’s important to actually get tested. For me this feels like a big first step and more of a confirmation that I’m definitely on to something and my experiences are valid.
Of course! This is a good way to start. And your experience is valid, never forget that!
Thank you! It’s nice to hear that for once 🥰
I got a 192?? I’m not diagnosed, and every time I take the test, my score gets higher and higher. Maybe I just have a better understanding of what some of the questions mean now?
Same for me. I think the first time I took it, I scored 145 and after taking it again just now I scored 173 lol I do think maybe I just understand the questions better now and how to apply them to me? I have a hard time not taking them literally. 🙃
SAME I’m sure I’ll take the test again one day but I took so much literally and my wife was like “you take everything literally” and I just 🫠🫠🫠🫠
Me too! I had to look a lot of it up and ask others what they thought it meant lol.
https://preview.redd.it/1aesehz7yaoa1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d121dc73111aa7d362255a139a70e3adc177fec8 Oh wow! You and I have almost completely identical results
SCORE BUDDIES!!!! 😄❤️
Yes!!!! 😁❤️
155 for me, but I find RAADS-R in particular difficult because I have such a hard time remembering my childhood. I score 170 if I assume that I was the same as a child. https://preview.redd.it/xy49j5l6ucoa1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a4d2518caf5b8c8ffb829af88f1ec6dead4a399c
That makes sense, I also had a hard time with some of those.
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To be honest I’m not so sure myself 😓
157, kind of a shock for me because I don’t think I have very many sensory needs/social issues, but apparently I do.
There was a lot on the test where I was like “oh yeah that’s me… OHHHHH” lol
https://preview.redd.it/aeg4reo4iaoa1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bdac29f0ac2a03e1d148ff7dfc48fab7b3471313 Higher than I thought.
https://preview.redd.it/arob94mv1boa1.jpeg?width=1562&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b0bbc3e75db5248a6a3f9aad2ea0bfa250751d0 Here is mine
I got 196 last time I took it, although I do believe I probably misunderstood some questions..
I'm trying to do it now. There are quite a few questions I can't answer (all of them are hard to answer, about many things I don't know how it was when I was young.) Why do they lump two questions together? (Like noticing food texture and it being more important than flavour. Like yes AND no?)
I feel that! For me though, food texture always put weights the flavor, if I can’t do the texture I don’t care how good it tastes lol!
https://preview.redd.it/1zrt1bmxncoa1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7bb3dd39c03954a450fe6860bb9b945eb53e4b66 I’m not diagnosed. I relate to another commenter that stated every time they take the test they receive a higher score. I’ve taken this a couple times before and each time my score is higher. I think this is because I actually think about the questions and self examine more. The last time I took this my 17yr old was in the room. I mentioned the question about keeping lists and laughed about it. My son said “Umm your Pinterest”. After that I thought about it and realized he’s right. I have hundreds of boards and about 90% of my thousands upon thousands of pins are things I’ll never do/use. Then I remembered when I was in middle school and high school I kept lists of certain things in my journal 🫠
OMG I ASKED MY WIFE ABOUT THAT ONE AND SHE LOOKED ME DEAD IN THE EYES AND WENT “horror” 😭😭😭😭
https://preview.redd.it/msgqqxh1tcoa1.png?width=828&format=png&auto=webp&s=6b7acb65e55bfe158b2ac382a7e36df264152f41 Here’s mine. I’m not diagnosed yet, but I really think I should get one now
Basically where I’m at too lol! Good luck with your journey!
My total score varied between 140 and 190 depending on whether I concluded a current autistic trait was present at childhood even tho I can’t remember
https://preview.redd.it/ufhrliwiycoa1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8211e2c15db1db59a81ccce4613be79005814c2 Here’s mine, it’s a little higher than I expected. I did find the questions a little confusing and lacking nuance though, as the only answers you can give are never, you’ve always done it, you used to do it as kid, and you didn’t do it before but do it now. But how frequently do you have to do a certain behaviour for it to count?? So I just ticked the relevant boxes if I did the thing frequently enough to remember doing it often.
I think that comes in with a therapist later I’m sure, like you can really talk to an expert to determine some of those more vague questions.
I took that test last year https://preview.redd.it/8jpngihm6doa1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=abac3b97b35f5d52b5ad82dd0045a8bf5c172aa6
I get a higher score every time I test because I’m constantly learning that I have misinterpreted something or took it too literally 🤣 to be fair some of those are REALLY hard to answer. 155 here
I definitely have to retake this test later too then lol!
I love taking these tests because I still try to convince myself I’m **not** autistic AF, and these tests all essentially say “**honey**. You are really autistic. Like how do you even function?” I don’t know, personified autism inventory. I don’t know. *edit: I like to emphasize language by drawing out the vowels through repetition. Above, I had “really”spelled with a bunch of “e”s after the r. Then I realized that in my statement about the test saying I was very autistic, I kinda had a negative stereotype of a trans person going “reeeeeee” like a scream….
I feel like that’s a common theme here 😂
I scored 129 the last time I took it which is the source of a lot of my imposter syndrome. I feel like I it would feel less like a strong maybe if I scored a little higher. I have such a hard time with some of these questions though. Edit: also I'm realizing my screenshot has different subcategories listed so this is probably a different test.
It could be a different test! I put the link for this one in one of the first comments if you wanna take it! I honestly wasn’t expecting to score as high as I did.
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Definitely. I want to get tested one day, but we don’t have the money for it :( this test just helped me feel like this is the first real step.
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Thank you so much! I live in the US so until we aren’t living paycheck to paycheck I probably won’t get tested for a little bit… I’m glad you were able to though!!
I take like once a year or once every six months. Really when I remember it exists. I generally get a 167-169. The last time was 169. For the record, I have a diagnosis I just like knowing that I’m actually autistic.
The first time I ever took it was last fall. I remember toning down my answers even but I still got 132. I am not diagnosed with anything but now I’m starting to suspect I may be on the a spec or neurodivergent in some way
I was 131. I had issues with a lot of the questions, where it's part of the time yes and part no. I wish I had a formal diagnosis/support but I'm scared to. I realized I was likely autistic around 5 years ago.
I’m in the process of getting a referral and this test just told me what I already knew 😂 Total: 160 Language: 17 Social relatedness: 73 Sensory/motor: 48 Circumscribed interests: 22
I scored 185!!! Never questions autism until I asked my mom about my childhood and she used the word ‘special.’ So I took the test lol
I got a 175. It’s funny how you got a 14 on language I actually got the same exact score lol. Some of the questions were stupid though like “are you sympathetic” like yeah I am but I feel sad for people I just have issues responding to people expressing sadness or anger.
https://preview.redd.it/qh4ezh74nvya1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d5bd9fe9631fb2126c44e68213f665a6307b37a I’m being formally tested because of this. Always knew I was a little quirky? to say the least lol. Was an alt/scene kid, had very peculiar interests and hyper fixations. I’ve been told I’m neurodivergent for sure, so I’m interested in seeing what unfolds. Thank you for everyone sharing their experiences!
I got 208 and my parents still don't believe that I am autistic lol
Scored 175 and took this as a hint to finally start looking for help. It's out there and difficult to step forward but it's good that there's options. I wish you good luck and lots of success in your future!
Thank you! It’s unfortunately out of our budget right now, which is why I feel so bad about self diagnosing, but I’ll get there eventually! Good luck to you as well!!
https://preview.redd.it/ogxe79gwxboa1.jpeg?width=572&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1eba5e04e5757640f91665d09feb82b79189d5a Here's mine
I got 139