Published on 12, July, 2020
When filling out the RAADS-R
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The response options are
But I'm a bit unsure what I should put if something is sometimes true but sometimes isn't. Should I put option 1 because that is more accurate than option 4. But if it isn't true all the time then option 1 doesn't seem that accurate either.
I'm also confused what to put in response to questions like
"I have a hard time figuring out what some phrases mean, like 'you are the apple of my eye.'"
because I do know what it means because I've learnt what it means, but I can't work out why it means that. So how should I answer?
"I am considered a compassionate type of person" - this one, I think other people would consider me a compassionate person, but I thinks that's probably because of masking or something, so not sure what I should answer this one.
I think I am probably over thinking all this, but it's important I get this right, especially as I want to show my results to my GP if I ask about getting a disgnosis.
Thank you all for the replies so far. Very interesting.
It seems the consensus is that the questions aren't that great.
But still don't know how I should answer the unclear ones.
Does anyone have any direct advice please?
The only direct advice is to give the answer that's closest to what you feel. This entire thread of replies here demonstrates the the questions are like "What is that value of PI? 1, 2, 3, or 4?" I suppose that you just have to answer 3, and hope that they are not put in charge of building suspension bridges.