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Anyone here take the CAT-Q?

Oran G. Utan

I took the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire not long ago, and was surprised to find that against the average of 109 for adult males, my average was 149. So I mask considerably more than the average among us. It's given me a lot to think about in terms of how I behave around other people, how I behave around people I trust and am close to, and how I behave when I'm by myself. I'm curious to find out if there are others among us here who have scored similarly high, or higher.

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  • Some background information for other people. This doesn't measure how autistic you are. It is only about how much you camouflage. You can still score low in this and be autistic.

    I took this early on in my diagnosis - my 'official' score then was 129 (still high), However, during the course of my diagnosis it became apparent that I misunderstood some questions and took them too literally, so I would have scored even higher. The doctor described me a very high masking after this. When I took it again it was in the 140s, but that's not 'official'.

    I still give some Fs, but not as many as I used to.

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  • Some background information for other people. This doesn't measure how autistic you are. It is only about how much you camouflage. You can still score low in this and be autistic.

    I took this early on in my diagnosis - my 'official' score then was 129 (still high), However, during the course of my diagnosis it became apparent that I misunderstood some questions and took them too literally, so I would have scored even higher. The doctor described me a very high masking after this. When I took it again it was in the 140s, but that's not 'official'.

    I still give some Fs, but not as many as I used to.

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  • in reply to SpikeyMark
    SpikeyMark said:
    Some background information for other people. This doesn't measure how autistic you are. It is only about how much you camouflage. You can still score low in this and be autistic.

    That makes sense given that it could be interpreted as both proof of being more autistic, and the complete opposite. My low score on this test, compared to others on this thread, is not unexpected given the 'how much?' and 'who with?' of the socialising  I do F2F with others.