Published on 12, July, 2020
When filling out the RAADS-R
embrace-autism.com/.../
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?
When I made this test, I simply asked myself which answer I feel is most accurate. If something is not always but sometimes or often true, then it’s for me more true, than never. So I put this answer. If something is not true / I have trouble recalling such a situation which would give me a reason to answer “true” then I chose “never true”. This is how I made it. But some of the questions I. These tests generally are unclear to me anyway or I could say not applicable at all.