Published on 12, July, 2020
I've finally got my report from my NHS assessment.
It's shorter than I expected. Just a 2 page letter.
However, it does contain my score which was 175 (above the diagnostic threshold of 65).
I found this site which explains the score and gives some averages (+ a link to take the test).
https://embrace-autism.com/raads-r/
So, I was a little above the average for an autistic female.
If anyone would like to share their scores, it would be interesting.
A quote below from my letter:
'completed the RAADS-R: the RITVO Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale –revised: this 80-item diagnostic interview consists of questions designed for individuals with averageIQ and above. This is a population with mild or subclinical ASD and these individuals often escapediagnosis. The RAADS-R was specifically designed to capture that population. Any score of 65 orabove indicates a high likelihood of Autism Spectrum Disorder, provided the clinical presentation isconvergent with this diagnosis'
I get different scores on different days depending on how I remember some things and it's hard to pick an answer to some of them because they aren't always exact in what they are describing so I must be interpretting the questions slightly differently each time.But my last score was 121I will go away and try forget all about it for a bit them do it again and reply to this comment with the score then too.
Same! Some of these questionnaires are hard for me to complete because of the answers are relative to "normal". I don't know if I do some things more or less than normal because people don't talk about them. It's hard to judge my relative frequencies or intensities.
Totally!One I really hate is because libraries aren't what they used to be, now they have to be hubs of activity groups just to stay open, the last time I went to a public library it was full of people - strangers no less, wall to wall noise, too hot, and it stank of sweat. I am never going to another library as long as I live because of that experience. But I don't know if they know what libraries are like now or if they are running on an old fashioned stereotype that isn't applicable in reality anymore.At least at a party I've probably been invited so I know people there already and anyone that doesn't know me will likely be too tipsy or think I'm too tipsy to hold my lack of mask against me.My joke with my otherhalf is I can't deal with NTs sober, either them or me, at least one us has to be drunk. lmao