Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi, I'm Dan.
I'm in my late 30s and have assumed I was somewhere on the spectrum for a long time. I recently had a non-clinical assessment carried out by a suitably qualified professional using the Adult Asperger Assessment tool. The overall result was a score of 14, so a clearly positive assessment. For those familiar with the test my score was broken down as A-4, B-3, C-5, D-2 with AQ and EQ scores of 48 and 1 (yes, one) respectively.
I've joined this site as part of my efforts to try and work out what to do with this information. Not having had a formal clinical diagnosis, I'm currently aiming to deal with any issues I have without clinical support. Unsuprisingly, looking at my assessment results, most of my difficulties in life stem from dealing with other people. That said, I have a successful career in engineering and believe it or not most of my work these days is involved with managing large projects so I am forced to deal with people every day.
The recent assessment has brought my characteristics into sharper focus than ever before. Traits that I've not been aware of are now blindingly obvious to me and those I already knew about seem to be harder to ignore. One of these traits is that I apparently talk about myself far too much, so I'll stop for now. Thanks for reading.
The things that I say I can't do are really just for illustration of my particular combination of traits, for the most part I don't have a need or a want to do them.
When it comes to other people, I've started to tell some individuals that I have no idea what they're thinking so they should just be up front with me. It makes life a bit easier - I have enough of an mental overhead just trying to interact with someone without having to worry about extra unknowns.