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Autistic ?

Tommy

Hi there, joined this group last night and thought I’d wait a few hours before I made a post.

I’m a 24 year old male from the UK who has a mixed anxiety and depressive disorder (unsure if it’s related to this)

So first things first, I’m an uncle and recently found out that my nephew has Autism & ADHD.

Out of curiosity, to better understand my nephew and his traits I thought I’d look online for some research and advice.

On one of the websites I was asked if I’d like to do a questionnaire to see if I had a specific traits of autism. I guess curiosity got the better of me it seems.

Anyways, fast forwarding to the results. The results on the test said that I had some "high" autism spectrum symptoms. It caught me off guard so I proceeded to go to two different websites to fill out the questionnaire on those, but to my surprise they had stated similar results.

I waited two days and thought I’d try do those questionnaire again to see if the results would be any different. The only different was 1-2 points But with the same outcome  

I’m currently unsure on what to think or even where to go from here. I know these questionnaires are always to be taken with a grain of salt but it really has me scratching my head.

Any advice and recommendations are appreciated.

Thanks
- Tom

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  • Well, your nephew is lucky to have an uncle caring enough to dig so deeply to understand him.

    As for you... it does run in families you know... you may well have been flying under the radar as a happy or unhappy autistic person for years, or else be just missing the criteria but have a number of significant traits kicking around your genome.

    I don't understand this test you post, although an AQ50 is worth a go. Any score 17+ is high, 30+ and you defo need an assessment.. 

    What you do with it then is up to you, but whether you self identify, get your own diagnosis, or decide you aren't autistic and want to just support your nephew, the community is here for you.

  • in reply to Dawn

    I believe I previously did the AQ50 assessment, but just to be sure, I’ll post it here. 

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