Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello fellow autistic people!
I have just found this brilliant monotropism questionnaire created by Fergus Murray (autistic monotropism expert). It is so much more relatable and meaningful than any other questionnaire related to autistic experience. I have completed it and I scored very highly- 197/235 meaning I am more monotropic than 55% of autistic people and 96% of allistic people. This is a test of how monotropic you are and is part of a wider project about monotropism and autistic people. It is not a questionnaire to identify whether you are autistic or not.
Questionnaire:
Two websites:
https://osf.io/4wru2
https://dlcincluded.github.io/MQ/
More information about the questionnaire:
https://monotropism.org/2023/mq/
I hope you find this interesting! How did you score on the Monotropism Questionnaire?
I know most people on the spectrum are okay with self diagnosis but i had this one autistic friend who got mad at me for it and so i go between feeling like ive finnaly figured myself out to feeling like i dont belong anywhere. and the cycle is exhausting so im hoping i can get professionally evaluated soon
but can i just say i love everyone here. I feel like i can be myself without trying to figure out if people are being rude or not. i feel like i could cry actually heh
and im not professionally diagnosed as autistic, but i havent gotten tested yet (expensive). but several people hae said i seem autistic and ive done hours of reasearch for years and im pretty sure i am
That’s great! Autistic self identification is perfectly valid!
you mean my mom, sister and me?
my mom and sister arent. i had them take it as if i was taking it. if that makes sense. so like when it said "I often notice details others do not", i had them read it as "Hannah notices details that others do not". i always second quess myself with things about myself because im worried that ill give a wrong awnser. so yeah.
i took the test myself then had my mom and my sister take it from my perspective too just to make sure i wasnt biased. and we all got simular scores
Cool, are you all autistic?
I got 199/235 which is 60% more than autistic and 97% allistic
Cool!
that was my score exactly! ;)
You are very welcome! It’s great that you have learnt a lot about how you use attention. You may have heard about being monotropic in terms of hyper focus which is at the core of our autistic cognition.
I am so glad that the theory of monotropism resonates with you so much. This is why autistic discovery is so important as you deserve to know who you are and why you think the way the way you do.
Self understanding is enlightening! If you want to know more about monotropism, here is a brilliant website:
https://monotropism.org/
Thanks for sharing, this is the first I’ve heard of monotropism and found it interesting. Don’t think I realised it’s something I struggle with until this moment lol.
Monotropism Score: 207 / 235
Your Average: 4.40
This score suggests that you are more Monotropic than about 77% of autistic people and about 99% of allistic people based on data from the initial validation study.
I was in the Lahaina Maui fire and I lost everything. House burned with everything in it. I have not been on the forums much since then. I am rudderless.
This has just blown my mind.. the questions felt like they were wrote for me. Nearly made me cry. Score 214/235 Average of 4.65.
Monotropism Score: 180 / 235
Your Average: 3.83
This score suggests that you are more Monotropic than about 18% of autistic people and about 87% of allistic people based on data from the initial validation study.
I got 229/235. That's more than 99% of autistics and 100% more than allistics.
Monotropism Score: 213/235
Average: 4.53
99% of allistic people and 87% of autistic people
oh yes it is a lifeline and a way of communicating and expressing myself. thanks for asking. I also enjoy music (listening) I am learning to write stories, now. it's a brave new world! I am deliciously terrified, feeling flappy! I want to write Sci Fi. Do you have a focus you feel drawn to?
Monotropism Score: 216 / 235
Average: 4.60
This score means that you are more Monotropic than about 91% of autistic people and about 100% of allistic people.
I kind of found some of the questions to be a little off but overall i thought it was pretty well written.
You are very welcome!
Cool! Do you still enjoy it?