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Online tests - AQ EQ SQ - From the ARC website

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I found a variety of online tests from Cambridge Universities ARC that provide an easy way to get an idea if you show symptoms of autism or one of the other autism spectrum conditions. I found them easy to complete and they gave me a good incite into how I see the world.

Their list of tests is here:

http://www.autismresearchcentre.com/arc_tests/

If you google the name of the test you can find online versions that you do not need to print. They have tests for adults, children and toddlers

Online AQ (Autism-Spectrum Quotient) test: http://www.channel4embarrassingillnesses.com/features/take-the-autism-test/

Online EQ (Empathy Quotient) test: http://glennrowe.net/BaronCohen/EmpathyQuotient/EmpathyQuotient.aspx

Online SQ (Systemizing Quotient) test: http://glennrowe.net/BaronCohen/SystemizingQuotient/SystemizingQuotient.aspx

Reading the minds eye (Revised version) test: http://www.questionwritertracker.com/quiz/61/Z4MK3TKB.html

Azaezl very kindly provided the link to the "Aspie-Quiz" http://rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php It it seems quite comprehensive. It also provides you a nice personalised pdf of your results.

The reading the minds eye test has brought up a lot of questions on the internet about whether it is valid or not. The problem is, (which is what I had to stop myself doing) is that I was answering the questions based on eliminating the answer I know are wrong and then trying to work it out from there. You are supposed to look at the pictures and take the first answer that pops into your head, then select the most appropriate word. Doing it logically I scored very high, a few hours later doing it on impulse I scored much lower.

As I mentioned on my other post, these are not ment to be used as a definitive diagnosis. They are good tool that might help you make sense of things and might help you with getting the process of an official diagnosis underway.

I am going to print them and take my results to the doctors with me for my next appointment as I find it hard to talk about these kind of things with doctors.

I totally understand that you may want to keep your scores private but if you would like to share I would be really interested to see what other people score.

on the AQ test I got 42

EQ test: 10

SQ test: 62

Minds eye test: 25

All right in the ASD range apart from the minds eye test which is in the average band.

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  • Azpie said:

    As for other people if someone is upset it really annoys me/freaks me out, I hate having to deal with other people's emotions. When my grandmother was dying from terminal cancer my mum would end up in tears on the phone to me because she couldn't cope with looking after her and my neice and doing her job. I would instruct her to get some professional carers in, tell my brother to look after his own kid and take some leave from work, there was no emotional support, I do feel bad about it sometimes but it's just who I am. I will give you a solution to an emotional problem but as for hugs etc nope not happening.

    I think that this may have been exactly the kind of practical help she needed, sometimes too much emotion can make things worse, not better.

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  • Azpie said:

    As for other people if someone is upset it really annoys me/freaks me out, I hate having to deal with other people's emotions. When my grandmother was dying from terminal cancer my mum would end up in tears on the phone to me because she couldn't cope with looking after her and my neice and doing her job. I would instruct her to get some professional carers in, tell my brother to look after his own kid and take some leave from work, there was no emotional support, I do feel bad about it sometimes but it's just who I am. I will give you a solution to an emotional problem but as for hugs etc nope not happening.

    I think that this may have been exactly the kind of practical help she needed, sometimes too much emotion can make things worse, not better.

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