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?
Monotropism Score: 201 / 235
This score means that you are more Monotropic than about 65% of autistic people and about 98% of allistic people.
It feels weird because I wouldn't say I particularly identify with what I've heard before about monotropism. Like a lot of my score probably comes from how I try to deal with anxiety rather than really having that overwhelming natural tunnel vision that other people talk about.
It’s often quite natural for autistic people to hyper focus when anxious. Very understandable, I often hyper focus more when stressed/anxious. Does it help with your anxiety?
T said:Like a lot of my score probably comes from how I try to deal with anxiety rather than really having that overwhelming natural tunnel vision that other people talk about.
Everyone in this autistic community is different, it’s ok if you don’t relate to monotropism.