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What questions would you set for an online Autism test?

Steven

It must be difficult, in fairness, to set suitable questions for such tests. Most are reasonably decent and fitting, perhaps (often, it's the inflexibility of the multiple-choice answer options that bother me). But some of the questions & answer-options appear loaded, borderline prejudicial or assumptive. Some seem vaguely similar to this:

'If your parents caught fire, would you:

A. Pick your nose.

B. Buy popcorn.

C. Cry until your socks shrank.

D. Toast marshmallows.

E. Hit the firefighters with a mallet, thus confirming complacent opinions that all autists are empathy-free, violent sociopaths.'

If you, as an autist, had to set questions and possible answers, what might they be?

Parents

  • 1. What happens physically when you fall in love with a person and haven't told them yet?

    a) I get butterflies but I ide it really well.

    b) I try hard to hide it but it's really obvious anyway - the butterflies flutter all over me rather than just staying inside my stomach.

    c) I don't know/I've never been in love.

    2. What happens emotionally when you're in love with someone?

    a) I admire them, think about them a lot and want to be near them. 

    b) I *feel* their strongest emotions. Almost everything seems to make me think of them. 

    C) I don't know/I've never been in love. 

    3. An object you've had for a while and become attached to breaks or gets lost. Do you:

    a) Feel sad, but replace the object with a similar or apparently identical one.

    b) Feel almost devastated, and refuse to replace the object because *nothing* will ever be identical or able to replace it.

    c) I don't get attached to objects.

    4. You have some medicine to take, and the instructions state it should be taken 'with a meal.' Do you: 

    a) Automatically take before lunch/dinner. 

    b) Look up the dictionary definition of 'meal' to see if your breakfast or evening snack counts.

    c) Forget to take it. 

    d) Ignore the instructions. 

    5. Does discomfort or joy from particular sensory inputs have a significant impact on your life?

    a) Yes. 

    b) No.

    c) How significant is 'significant?'   

  • in reply to sphynx

    Why can't the proper tests be as detailed and nuanced and excellent as yours & AA's?  Disappointed

  • in reply to Steven

    Because no-one consulted the community before writing them If only those assessors would see this thread...   

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