S/O mental disabilities...

MarriedInAFever

Have you taken the Autism Spectrum Quotient test on Facebook? I was a little, um, surprised by the results.

katiewhompus

I want to but am untrusting of FB apps and tests. Is there a way to take it without linking to FB?

Starmusica

what is that test. is it the real deal? a joke?

AllAboutTheBenjamin

No.  A few of my friends did though and I "hid" the test like I do with all the other facebook spam.

But now I'm all interested.

reddy123

Well, I have autism in the fam, so I've already been tested... for everything under the sun. Don't know how much I would trust an FB app to tell me anything though..

MarriedInAFever

Here you go: http://aq.server8.org/ Now everyone take it and tell me I'm not friggin' autistic.

staceytaylor0704

I got a 17. Says I'm normal, evidently.

katiewhompus

I got the high end of average. Most of the questions just seemed to be aimed at how comfortable you are with social settings. I'm no expert, but being socially awkward /= autism in all cases.

anna.oskar

I did and the results are as expected given my actual diagnosis.

jessienjeremy

26.. Above average...nice

allisong23

31 - above average.

Anysunrise

19. I'm surprisingly normal.

slubkin

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[QUOTE]I was an 8.  I think the test is inaccurate.
Posted by jcbsjr[/QUOTE]
I think I was an 11 which is also low.  On the other hand, as a psych major I am probably not an ideal test subject since I tend to read into what the questions are fishing for.  My uncle may have undiagnosed Asperger's (my grandmother seems to think so), which is a high-functioning form of autism.  So I guess it runs in my family?  Never been worried I have it, though.  :)

reddy123

I'm a 16, but honestly this pisses me off to no end. Being obsessed with numbers and socially awkward =/= autism. 

MarriedInAFever

I scored 32 the first time and 34 the second

akhensley81

I got a 14. And I was slightly relieved. Once I started to notice the pattern in the questions (haha), I thought for sure I was going to score higher.

And about the FB thing - I've gotten 3 computer viruses in the last year, all that I've traced back to FB app activity. Not doing that again.

DodgersBride

I got 15. I don't think being socially awkward=autism.

I won't say I am obsessed by numbers but I do find number combinations interesting. Especially license plates.

anna.oskar

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[QUOTE]I scored 32 the first time and 34 the second
Posted by MarriedInAFever[/QUOTE]

You're fine.  It's not an actual diagnosis and even then, there are many people with autism that are so high functioning that others rarely guess that there is anything different about them.  I scored much higher than you  :)

number55

If this is the same test as the one linked on FB then I got a high average score. As a teacher, I also doubt that a FB app can do what a pysch.ed. consultant can. But whatever, good for fun.

ccdaisy

ok..I scored a 37!..but having just been diagnosed with OCPD..I'm not that surprised. 

Edited to add: I just started meds to try and stop my need to do certain things or not freak out about change- lol...My therapist would love this test.

leia1979

I got exactly the average for women--15. I actually thought I would score higher, not that I'm autistic, but I'm not always a social butterfly.

reddy123

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: S/O mental handicaps... : I really enjoyed doing that too!    My father use to get quite mad when one doctor would say<strong> i'm completely batty and mental, and the next would compliment him on his well-adjusted child.</strong>
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]

<div>omg, you just made my day. I would do this too. I would go in thinking, "I'm gonna have this today" and leave with my mom dumb founded. There is a mental illness that fakes mental illnesses and when I read about that at 14-15, I stopped, lol.</div><div>
</div><div>Disclaimer: I am not a brat wasting my mom's money, I do have legitimate mental illness, however, if a child can fool a pro by memorizing these tests, I think the pros should find new questions.</div><div>
</div><div>The one 'good' test I did take was from a man that flew in, tested me for 8 hours a day for three days, and ended the testing with an IQ test. So.. yeah, an online quiz is dust in the wind compared to the real deal ;)</div>

AllAboutTheBenjamin

I got a 5.  lol

LessThanZero

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[QUOTE]Also, I went through so much mental testing as a child, I started to recognize all the testing patterns and manipulate my answers. It annoys me to no end when a test asks the same thing 10 times with different wording. /end rant
Posted by reddy123[/QUOTE]


Same here, kinda. Growing up I lived with my Grandfather who happens to be a psychiatrist, then I went to grad school for elementary education and special ed. So I knew exactly what the questions were getting at, which I think definitely can skew the answers even if you try to be perfectly honest.

reddy123

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[QUOTE]I got a 5.  lol
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]

<div>lol, is it because you love social situations and you don't care about license plates?</div>

anna.oskar

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[QUOTE]Thanks for the reassurance, Anna. I *never* had any type of testing done. I kinda wish I did when I was young.
Posted by MarriedInAFever[/QUOTE]

i didn't speak until I was almost 4 but was reading by the time I was 3.   They tested the heck outta me.  I just didn't have anything to say.

anna.oskar

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: S/O mental handicaps... : omg, you just made my day. I would do this too. I would go in thinking, "I'm gonna have this today" and leave with my mom dumb founded. There is a mental illness that fakes mental illnesses and when I read about that at 14-15, I stopped, lol. Disclaimer: I am not a brat wasting my mom's money, I do have legitimate mental illness, however, <strong>if a child can fool a pro by memorizing these tests, I think the pros should find new questions. </strong>The one 'good' test I did take was from a man that flew in, tested me for 8 hours a day for three days, and ended the testing with an IQ test. So.. yeah, an online quiz is dust in the wind compared to the real deal ;)
Posted by reddy123[/QUOTE]

Exactly!  Did you ever have anyone try to make you very angry as part of their "test"?  That was bizarre.  I was 11.

MarriedInAFever

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: S/O mental handicaps... : i didn't speak until I was almost 4 but was reading by the time I was 3.   They tested the heck outta me.  I just didn't have anything to say.
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]

Most toddlers don't have much to say. They just poop a lot.

anna.oskar

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: S/O mental handicaps... : Most toddlers don't have much to say. They just poop a lot.
Posted by MarriedInAFever[/QUOTE]

Precisely!  My parents gave me everything i wanted/needed.  They should have been pleased that I had no complaints.

[Deleted User]

I'm extremely socially awkward, but that doesn't make me autistic. It makes me anti-social. I will say though that my mom asked my shrink when I was little about me possibly hallucinating or having some kind of condition because I used to make up vivid stories and have conversations with myself.

I guess I was an author all along. I still have conversations with myself between multiple characters. Someone on the outside ould think I was insane.

AllAboutTheBenjamin

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: S/O mental handicaps... : lol, is it because you love social situations and you don't care about license plates?
Posted by reddy123[/QUOTE]


And I prefer the theatre to the museum.  Lol, frick, I dunno.