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AQ10 vs AQ

firedragon

I have been diagnosed so this is out of curiosity.

I scored 39 on the AQ test and 6.0 on the AQ10. The doctor gave me the AQ test so further diagnosis was quite straight forward but following the AQ10 means I was just on the boundary. Looking at the AQ10 questions I suspect I could easily have scored lower.

The choice of AQ10 seems a bit odd to me. I have quite a good imagination and like fantasy and such. I quite like the theatre but being around people is different. Is it really assumed autism tendencies mean less imagination?

So I am wondering... Are these AQ tests really relevant or just a quick and not very sophisticated way to find a way into further investigation.

I did feel bias towards types of behaviour that more recent studies say are not necessarily true in the questions.

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  • I think the common theme ref "insect cruelty" (!) is that people on the spectrum often do have that fascination (I still remember it now) about "what will happen" if I do this, and wanting to experiment and find out answers to things, almost in a cold scientific way.  I suspect that perhaps NT children just do things to insects/creatures for a laugh, in temper or to show off?

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  • I think the common theme ref "insect cruelty" (!) is that people on the spectrum often do have that fascination (I still remember it now) about "what will happen" if I do this, and wanting to experiment and find out answers to things, almost in a cold scientific way.  I suspect that perhaps NT children just do things to insects/creatures for a laugh, in temper or to show off?

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