Published on 12, July, 2020
I have counted 53 which apply to me, including the last one
Feel free to add your score, discuss any of the items or suggest new additions to the list.
Thanks for all the responses everyone. Very interesting mix.
I just want to say to those who have reported lower scores that this isn't supposed to be any sort of scientific or medical test. It wasn't my intention to trigger any kind of imposter syndrome!
Some of the items can still be considered an autistic trait if you are the complete opposite. For example having a low pain threshold, not thinking in pictures, being less empathetic, etc.
Always wearing bright colours is a weird one. My holiday clothes are bright, perhaps because that's when I can be myself. However day to day at home I tend to wear the same drab dull colours, nothing to risk drawing attention to myself.
This is just a small selection of possible autistic traits. I’m nit surprised my score is low. I struggled how to mark some of them. For instance, hating telephone calls. I can make them, but I do put off making them some of the time. So I didn’t count that. However, in my 20’s I would neither be able to make calls, nor answer them.
And bright colours? What’s bright? To me, neon is bright. So I didn’t count that either. However, I like wearing yellows and greens except in winter, so perhaps they are bright? lol
Oh no worries I wasn't maade to feel like an imposter, I know I'm autistic, I just found it quite interesting actually that it kind of coincides with something I already knew, that on the outside I get percieved as "high functioning" by the NTs I encounter. But that's just because they only see me for a few mins at a time, they don't see that my issues as an autist aren't just pot holes I'm trying to dodge in my daily life but actually more like mine shafts into the centre of the earth. There may be less of them than some other people but if I fall in I can fall very deeply very quickly into exhaustion or melt down.
π Bees π (they/them) Autism resources in bio #stoptheshock #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs said:25, the number seems less than other people but I did notice the ones that do apply are very intense in the way they impact me. A good handful at least are or are almost debilitating without significant support and strategic planning. Maybe that's my trade-off: I get get less traits but the ones I do have are stronger?
Autonomistic said:However day to day at home I tend to wear the same drab dull colours, nothing to risk drawing attention to myself.
You're not the first in these comments to say that- it's really interesting to me that others are avoiding colour for that reason, whereas I'm avoiding colour because I enjoy the theatrical nature of goth fashion which of course mostly comes in black. Now, whether I'm avoiding attention by putting on a costume or whether this is just another way that autism manifests itself as extremes is probably a debate that could spawn a whole other thread!