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.
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!
Or it could merely be that you have style and taste.