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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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  • 130 for me. What I find interesting is that I scored a couple of points above the autistic female average except from assimilation where I got less than said average. I don’t know why though. The only explanation I can think of is that I got so good at masking that I no longer feel the need to put on an act just because I feel alienated either way and the masking is no longer just an act but a made up part of my personality if that makes any sense…

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  • 130 for me. What I find interesting is that I scored a couple of points above the autistic female average except from assimilation where I got less than said average. I don’t know why though. The only explanation I can think of is that I got so good at masking that I no longer feel the need to put on an act just because I feel alienated either way and the masking is no longer just an act but a made up part of my personality if that makes any sense…

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