<p>oh, and I also went to wikipedia and looked up simon baron-cohen…he is cousins with sacha!! weirdness!!</p>
<p>Surprisingly I did really really well on the face one…32 cotrrect out of 36. I must have some intuitive sense about reading people that keeps me from falling into the autism category (and from making a fool of myself socially).</p>
<p>[although I think we can work on watching some of those negative labels. Sorry, but the term “■■■■■■” just hits a nerve with me, even in jest]</p>
<p>Very interesting tests. Interesting results as well, if perhaps predictible. My score, 21 on the autism test. 50 on empathizing, 38 systemizing. More or less normal range, but on the edge. I would not consider myself autistic tending, as I like people and social interactions, a lot, though know how to be a good loner as well. My family though, has a strong thread of aspergers type traits, both sides, generation after generation, though no formal diagnoses. Having grown up with systemizing being highly valued, I’ve tended to feel a strange amalgam of extremes, for most of my life.</p>
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That’s interesting. My father used to be an engineer (he’s now a factory worker assembling machine parts). People consider him adept in certain social situations (former president of local Lion’s Club), but I disagree. My mother is also socially adept given that she works in hotel management.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if I have Asperger’s, but if I were, I’d be a pretty odd one given that I’m a social science major (psych) and am a feminist (to think I have an extremely male brain…). I don’t remember consciously choosing to be one though… I’ve always felt very strongly about gender equality compared to other issues.</p>
<p>I wonder what the benefits would be of being diagnosed by a professional.</p>
<p>18, average. Not a huge surprise, but I would have guessed that I would have shown up on the higher end of average, or the lower end of above average spectrum.</p>
<p>OK, so I got a 36. But I think if I took the test on a different day, I would score under 30–there are so many questions that I’m not really sure which answer really describes how I feel. I’ve taken this test before, along with two of my sons, and two of us had borderline scores then, with one being into the “diagnosable” range. I’d take this with a big grain of salt.</p>
<p>I got a 21, about what I would have expected.</p>
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<li> I guess I’m precisely average!</li>
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<p>A 53 on empathy.</p>
<p>And a 10 on systematizing. Oh dear. Not so good for a lawyer, I’m afraid!</p>
<p>11 for me… female</p>
<p>Male, 31. Have a son on the spectrum, and I’ve said more than once that he fell on one side of the line, while I fell on the other. Missed it by this much… if only I could have disliked mindless chit-chat just a bit more!</p>
<p>Your score: 14
0 - 10 = low
11 - 22 = average (most women score about 15 and most men score about 17)</p>
<p>Always knew I was “average”.</p>
<p>14 for me too.</p>
<p>I found the format of this test confusing, — so many things presented as a negative statement, where you had to figure out whether the opposite was true for yourself. Then figuring out the right circle to click – especially since once you scrolled down, you couldnt see the headings (and I kept forgetting. That must mean something). Visually, this test is a mess too.</p>
<p>I got a 13. Even though I’m far from being a social butterfly. When I was a lonely teenager, I suspect I would have scored quite a bit higher. Empathy has never been an issue with me – it was more a case of extreme shyness, which became far less severe as the years went by. Although I’d still rather read a novel or visit a museum (I realize that the former decreases your score while the latter increases it) than go to a party full of strangers, any day of the week.</p>
<p>Ha. I just read back through the thread – I completely forgot that I posted last fall, when I got a 15. Obviously, as I get older, my score will slowly decrease until it ultimately hits zero!</p>
<p>14 . . . interesting! I bet this could help some people, a bit, in terms of investigating a possible diagnosis for themselves. Not that it would be definitive.</p>
<p>Your score: 41</p>
<p>I cheated.</p>
<p>Ok…how did you cheat? I thought I’d be lower, because numbers are a challenge and I like to think I’m pretty empathetic. Although, husband has me beat w/emotional intelligence; it’s sometimes surprising how he ‘gets’ things right re: people even more than me (and he can use a chainsaw and rebuild a car). The thing–I think you can change a number of these things. I’ve become much more extroverted as time passes.</p>
<p>22…and proud of it.</p>
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<li> The high end of normal.</li>
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<p>I’m gonn’a call my Mom now.</p>
<p>Meh, 38. But i already knew i had AS so it doesn’t really matter.</p>