<p>7 for female. Someone mentioned that they got a seven, can talk to a doorknob but are terrible with numbers… I’m reasonably good with numbers…</p>
<p>Soooo… what does this mean about how <em>I</em> interact with doorknobs…? <confused, and=“” potentially=“” insane=“” but=“” mostly=“” benign…=“”></confused,></p>
<p>11 for me.</p>
<p>10 for me.</p>
<p>Hey Sybbie, 10 for me too!</p>
<p>22… and I can’t even remember my husband’s cell number that he’s had for 8 years! I know Aspy kids at work and wouldn’t even consider myself near borderline - I do notice patterns anywhere I can find them. I prefer to think of it as finding order in a random universe! I like my friends but hate to make small talk with someone new. Just another shy geek.</p>
<p>15 for me, male. about what I expected.</p>
<p>12 - female. It scored me correctly I think.</p>
<p>I got a 27, then filled it out how I thought my H would answer, and got a 26. And we’re totally different! I have a head for numbers, and people are always amazed at how easily I remember things like birthdates and license numbers and phone numbers. So there’s something wrong with me because I like math? I am far more social than my H. He is an engineer, and is fine with numbers if they have to do with physics or calculus. If they have to do with people - like birthdates - forget it. But he would be more inclined to go to a movie, while I’d go to the library. (He is watching a movie right now; I am in the office!)</p>
<p>Just Head Cheese and no salami</p>
<p>My score would be higher if I weren’t so oblivious and nonmemoryful.</p>
<p>I got a 14.</p>
<p>A 7 here - female. The doorknobs talk back to me.</p>
<p>I scored a 10(female). But I do think the test has many flaws and some of the questions are more than a bit ambiguous. For instance, liking to do things in groups or alone. Depends on “the things”. Some things I’d rather do alone, and very much need to spend a portion of everyday in solitude. But, I’m very social and love, love, love meeting new people and finding things and interests in common.</p>
<p>I’m detail oriented about some things—have actually been called anal about some things—and not about others. I too, failed to see the prompt that asked for gender. And I’m horrible with numbers.</p>
<p>I imagine self-reporting throws off the numbers a bit as well…</p>
<p>I got a 14. Yeah, definitely 14. Gotta watch wapner…</p>
<p>I hope the author of the test, Simon Baron-Cohen, isn’t a relative of Sasha Barron-Cohen (Borat)! He’s British, BTW.</p>
<p>I got a l7. Does that mean I’m a man? (most men get l7…)</p>
<p>Lots of times I didn’t commit to any of the “strongly” categories, and I wished there was someone there to explain or give an example of what it means to embrace something “somewhat” vs. “strongly.” Each time I began to say “strongly,” suddenly someone came to mind whom I thought was “strongly” in that category so I’d modify my answer to
“somewhat.” Kinda wimpy.</p>
<p>I don;t really like this test. I answered some of the questions regarding social situations the way I did because of learned insecurities and or adaptive mechanisms rather than because of an inherent dislike for being around other people.</p>
<p>I received a 35, and I am about as close to opposite of being autistic as one can be. Ironically, I am a psychologist who’s done research in the past with autistic children and adolescents and worked clinically with children and adults with autism and Asperger’s in inpatient, school, and outpatient settings. I have no clue what about the way this quiz is scored gave these results. If anything, I consider myself (and think I’d be described by others) as having a particularly broad emotional palette, being extremely empathic, and demonstrating very good social skills. I do function outwardly as an extrovert while feeling like an introvert, and, while very much a big picture kind of person, tend to see details and patterns others overlook. I do enjoy solitary activities (like reading CC!) in my leisure time, but in part that’s because (a) I have so little of it and (b) I’m saturated being focused on other people all day long in my private practice and in extensive social interactions as an elected officer of a couple of large community organizations much of the rest of the time.</p>
<p>I think my profession and our society in general are too quick to slap labels on individuals who deviate in the least from the mainstream. For individuals whose “deviations” have caused dysfunction, these diagnostic labels are sometimes helpful; for the rest, I think the labels pathologize the differences that simply make us interesting human beings.</p>
<p>aibarr - I’m the door-knob friendly 7 - very good with numbers, too, but simply cannot recall birthdates (maybe to avoid personally dealing with aging :)) and phone numbers (nasty habit of relying too much on speed dial, I guess).</p>
<p>27…because on most occasions I would rather stay home with a book than go out and make small talk?</p>
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<p>They are first cousins. The former is a very well-known autism theorist and prof of psychopathology.</p>