What does an AQ sore of 23 in an adult mean?

Hi everyone. I'm new here, and I'm the wife of a person (they/them) who has been referred by a psychiatrist to take an autism test. They went into the appointment thinking they might have an anxiety disorder, so walking out of the appointment with a reference for an autism test was quite distressing for them. They have now taken the test and scored a 23, which I have heard is below average for an autism diagnosis but is still above average for men. They have over two weeks until the follow up appointment with the psychiatrist, so I was wondering if anyone here might be able to please help me understand what the 23 might actually mean for them? Whilst the referral to take the test was a complete surprise to them, having been with them for four years, it didn't actually surprise me, but since they only scored 23, I'm now second guessing what I thought I had perceived. Any advice/thoughts would be very much appreciated :) 

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  • All such tests are merely indicators, they are not diagnostic by themselves. The RAADS-R test - available to complete online - has some advantages over the AQ tests in that it claims a more definite cut off between autistic and non-autistic people. Might be worth your marriage partner taking it. Also, being diagnosed autistic is not the end of the world, as anyone so diagnosed has been autistic all their life anyway. It merely gives access to greater self-knowledge. 

  • I did that and got well above the cut off.

    I also got over the cut off on the CAT-Q

  • The cut off is 65 and the mean score for diagnosed autists is 131, I got 167. It would seem that I'm fairly well into the autistic region of the test (I have been clinically diagnosed).

  • 195, was the score I got on that and 119 on the CAT-Q and I think the cut off is 100

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