New autism test - CATI

Autismman said:

Are all NT’s psychic mediums who can read thoughts?

They certainly think they are (I think).

Quite a good test,  scored 180. I seem to struggle mostly with sensory sensitivity and social camouflage. Communication is very high.

Martin said:

I think that my interpretation of questions is somewhat variable. I try to be as accurate and honest as possible every time.

I have always struggled with surveys and quizzes.

I try to think of the intent behind the question and what answer a person like me is supposed to give so that it is accurate and does not skew the data. It means I take a lot longer to complete them. I don't agree to answer surveys anymore because the people get fed up with my slowness and it makes me feel deflated.

I don't get the same score on tests each time unless I remember the answers. Which means not only is there some ambiguity in the question, but here must be some level of variability in my interpretation.

I think you are supposed to just go with your instinctive first impression and not overthink it, but I can't see how that does not give a biased result and it can be affected by mood. Yes/no questions are easier.

For me it's just another test, with almost same questions,  but the description made it good- there is clarification,  that it's about social situations with strangers or people who we don't know well. I'm often quiet even with my family, because I'm overwhelmed. I don't seem to mask much and I'm definitely not hyper aware of myself, I pay my whole attention to the topic of the conversation. So I may stim without noticing it, only then I get questions "why I'm so nervous or upset" etc. 

I scored 186. Interesting 

Monotropism Score: 188 / 235

Your Average: 4.00

I am not in the middle of the green curve.

I'm not sure of the difference between agree and strongly agree.

If I agree, I agree. What does the strong bit add, how do I agree more?

Got 194, 

I often feel overwhelmed even by my closest people and I find it difficult to stay focused on them, because there is always something that I obsess over or ruminate etc. So spending too much time with loved ones is also stressful and I also often don't know what to say. The result is that they are enjoying their company and I'm reading my book related to my interest. 

Monotropism Score: 206 / 235

Your Average: 4.38

Thank you for posting this - I scored 165. Scored higher in problems with social interactions, communication, social camouflage and cognitive inflexibility. I don’t really stim much if at all but I am sensitive to bright lights and certain textures. 

As usual I have very borderline scores except for stimming and sensory which score within autistic range only. Sensory probably would be higher if I wasn't partially deaf as unexpected loud sounds don't make me jump but as a child I could not stand prolonged loud sounds that other people handled fine. My overall score is 141 which falls in the hole between the non autistic and autistic ranges

Wasn't sure on a few, but 156.

Was over the threshold (middle of autistic range) on all except self regulatory behaviour, but I know I don't obviously stim much and it's also on my diagnosis report.

I wonder if I either do it subtly or whether I suppressed it so long I need to try doing it more.

I've learnt how to cope with a lot of the things over the years. In my 20s I could hardly do anything though.

But I avoid things and suppress feelings so much I find it hard to tell how much things stress me.

Martin said:

Also, all autists have a certain amount of trouble in divining what other people may be thinking.

I always have an huge problem with this question. I am not sure what is exactly being asked of the person being assessed. No one can tell exactly what someone is thinking, it’s not possible. Are all NT’s psychic mediums who can read thoughts? 

Martin said:

There is still at least one question that asks about what other people think of you. I wish these would be eliminated completely

I'm always dismayed by those questions. They are literally asking me to read other people's minds. How am I supposed to know what they "think" of me?

Thanks for sharing

174, Self Regulatory Behaviour was 24 my lowest score and borderline .  As I think my stimming has and still is largely suppressed & subtle

I found the questions a bit easier to answer than on some of the other online tests (AQ-50, RAADS-R, etc.). A lot of the time in those tests the question might say "extremely" and I'm wondering "compared to what?"

The monotropism questionnaire is probably the one I find easiest to complete.

159 for me, I came out as non autistic on some things, like communication, but massively autistic for sensory and habitual behavious. I like the neither agree or disagree option too, I used it quite a bit on social interactions because I've pretty much arranged my life to avoid things like that.

I prefer that questionnaire as it allows neutral answers and avoids the agonising over ‘slightly agree’ or ‘slightly disagree’ answers. I scored 181.

I worried for ages after completing the questionnaires that my clinic gave me. I couldn’t decide whether some of my actions/feelings occurred  more or less than 50% of the time.

I agree - I put the neutral answer for that because I have no idea how other people perceive me.

My score was 183.

169, unsurprisingly in the autistic camp.

There is still at least one question that asks about what other people think of you. I wish these would be eliminated completely, because for high masking autists they are put in a quandary between answering whether or not they have a tendency to display the behaviour or whether they think that others may, or may not, think that they do. Also, all autists have a certain amount of trouble in divining what other people may be thinking. Stupid waste of a question.

Also the 'rocking' question is too specific. Not all autists rock, I have never rocked, I spin, always have. Even now, if alone with a swivel chair, I will happily spin round and round. The question should have been about rocking, spinning, flapping and other soothing repetitive bodily movements

Retook it and scored 176, so I obviously have some variation in my responses. In the AQ50, I vary between 37 and 42. I think that my interpretation of questions is somewhat variable. I try to be as accurate and honest as possible every time.