Analysing your test results for Aspergers Syndrome
A free for all, discussion on self analysis of your test http://www.rdos.net/eng/ picture (a pie graph) or Aspie-Rating-Picture (ARP) and final score
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Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 94 of 200
You seem to have both Aspie and neurotypical traits
Any thoughts?
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 50 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
Any thoughts? I've been suspecting that I may or may not have Asbergers for some time, and while an online test doesn't really confirm anything, I am somewhat reassured.
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 70 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
First of all, I remember taking this quiz about 5 years ago and having the score 188 Aspie/11 NT. I'm 20 now and am pretty sure, that for all these years I developped a really well-working strategy to deal with social situations, based on observations and analysis of other people's behaviour. My social life has improved significantly, so I abandoned the idea of me having AS. I acknowledged all that as my personal character traits and get used to living with them (unfortunately mostly by avoiding certain situations).
I feel rather comfortable and safe, but my current partner more and more often is making me realize, that my reactions are far from normal. He puts me in completely new situations, reactions to I haven't learned or copied from someone before. And so the thought of having the AS came back.
As I mentioned, I learned to live with all that weirdness and problems that aren't problems for anyone else apart from me. Knowing that, I don't really need diagnosis. It wouldn't change the way I feel about myself right now. I fear I could start making excuses for my social failures and actually stop trying to be better. But I really am curious. What advantages does the diagnosis actually have in my situation?
For me, the diagnosis allowed me to understgand that I wasn't some weird brain box from another planet. I wasn't alone. But you already know that, so for you, it'd just be an unneeded expense
Your Aspie score: 117 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 120 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
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Ive done some Bipolarity tests and most likley have "bipolar light".
I also have tinnitus and explosive noise damage on one ear so I have sensibilites to sound that way, which I guess might skew the test somewhat.
Not quite sure what to make of this but it does explain why I am an utter catastrophy with getting laid and finding a life partner which is something I'd like.
Social situations are weird for me due to the fact that I have bad hearing, Unless Im focused on it I dont pick up on social "between the lines" cues if I have to interact with some one. However i know how to manipulate people if I really have to its just such a bother to do that and I'm somewhat lazy. Also i think it is a moral failure to manipulate people though it seems that is what goes for social interactions amongst others.
But as a passive observer peoples behaviour is crystal clear to me its only when I have to interact in groups that it becomes quite exhausting.
Your Aspie score: 155 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 57 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
So, I have always felt a little odd. I was horribly shy as a child. I had no friends and really could not take being around my family for long periods. During holidays and other get togethers, I would make myself comfortable by preoccupying myself with a task (like cooking) rather than socializing.
I have been accused of being too abrasive and not really knowing what that meant. I am super literal and have told people many times over the years that I do not read between the lines very well. I often have to ask "what do you mean" or "I don't understand". People have commented on the way that I walk, lack of facial expressions and some fidgety behavior.
10 years of waiting tables and 12 years as a police officer has forced me to adapt to social constraints, mostly by mimicking behavior that I realized others found to be more appropriate. I now realize the structure as a police officer was really good for me since I resigned to start my own business, which is not going as well. I am not good at putting my self out there and realized that I might need to find another line of work.
I have also struggled with making connections with other people. I did not have any friends to speak of until my 30's and I still fall on my face with it on a regular basis. Let's not even talk about dating. I feel like I have a harder time with more intimate relationships because it is much more difficult to hide my true tendencies.
I had an incident with abuse at 5 years old and understand how it could effect my behavior. I just feel like my interaction with other people comes more from a lack of understanding, a desire to be different and closer rather than having trust issues and deliberately keeping people away.
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 52 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
Not a surprise! Struggled through childhood & adolescence, never fitting in, never understanding people. I am approaching 40 and have learnt to fit in to some extent and get a job, but talking to people is very stressful and I quite often have to go to bed to recharge myself after being around people or going out of the house. My emotions are limited and, although I have learnt to say the right things, I don't empathise with other people. Although I care about people, if they are not around I generally don't miss them or even think about them. So very few people bother to try to get close because I am hard work! It would be so nice to just fit in and not find every new situation a struggle.
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 43 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
I'm not sure what to do or think. I suspected, but... now what? Suddenly, all the difficulties make a little more sense. I read this and I identify SO MUCH with almost everything she posted:
http://taniaannmarshall.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/moving-towards-a-female-profile-the-unique-characteristics-abilities-and-talents-of-asperwomen-adult-women-with-asperger-syndrome/
I have so much social difficulty. I've been trying to help myself figure out why and I thought maybe I had bpd. When I was a teen I was diagnosed with manic depression.
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 72 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
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Hopefully the image loads. xD
Anyway, some of the things on that test fit me perfectly. I've had trouble trying to figure out why I couldn't handle social things too well. I can't get a job, or have friends - except for the occasional one online who usually disappears after a while, but my biggest concern was always the meltdowns. I've been told I have OCD - which might be true, Bipolar - NOT true, as I never have a high, just the depression and slight mood changes. xD Nothing like Mania. xD I don't know how to go about this. I saw someone on my facebook posting about autism awareness. I didn't think much of it until one day she posted one about high functioning autism. Then, just today, someone trying to help the family mentioned her autistic nephew has texture problems, something I've had my entire life. Today, I decided to look it up. I think it fits. Certainly, not all of it. And I don't know if there is a difference between High Functioning Autism and Asperger's, but they seem to get looped together online, so I'm assuming not? Anyway, I've always had trouble. I never looked into people's eyes, and I remember finding it odd growing up that people knew other's eye colors. It certainly wasn't something I knew, since I rarely looked at people's eyes. xD Anyway. I began to realize it was odd not to look. However, the meltdowns are my biggest problem, currently labeled as panic attacks, but I'm not so sure, as they say you can control panic attacks, and what I have, well it isn't something I can control by some breathing thing. I can't hardly even think during them, let alone think to breathe properly. I just never considered this, as I thought people with autism all had speech problems, and I talk normally. Too quietly and too loudly sometimes, sure, but nothing like monotone or stuttering or anything. I've always bumped into things, and had no hand eye coordination. I was in JROTC in high school and couldn't tell left from right, or read a clock, and learning how to march was immensely difficult, even though other Cadets made it look easy. When I tried working, I was always very slow and couldn't learn things like everyone else did. I was often teased and my manager hated me. In fact, after I quit and my brother later joined, he was teased simply for being my brother. I have zero friends, I have a difficult time around children, love animals to death, and have self taught myself some of the social things. I have always felt, well odd, but this never entered my mind. I thought of Schizophrenia before, because my grandmother has it. I don't know. I think it fits. I don't know if everything was answered correctly, as I didn't understand some of the questions or just didn't know for sure. I hated working for customer service, as I panicked every single time someone stepped into my line, and if a customer yelled at me, I'd freeze up and cry. I dreaded every day at work or school. I could have complete meltdowns for dropping a dish or pan, or saying the wrong thing. I was always the cause of my parent's arguments growing up, and most people thought I was very immature, while I thought I had a better view on life and was more mature than others, because I knew what life had to offer and what to say no to. I had meltdowns when a friend wanted to watch something in the comedy genre I absolutely loathed. This is the closest thing that's ever made sense, but I'm still not positive.
Be forewarned, and get someone that is DEFINITELY familial with Asperger's so they can recognize it, if it's there. ALL TOO OFTEN the ones not familiar misdiagnose as bipolar, or some other ailment, and their "treatments" normally fail .
Your Aspie score: 149 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 56 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 103 of 200
You seem to have both Aspie and neurotypical traits
So should I seek out a professional opinion based on my results? Or am I in the "average" zone?
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 87 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
Until today I'd never even heard of "Aspie" nor did I know much about Autism honestly. I almost found a reference to it by accident when doing very detailed research on human emotions and the like; as lately my curiosity has wondered a lot about emotion and whether I experienced them like others or not. I have always recognized I was different since I was a kid, and have always had trouble with social interaction, especially eye contact. I usually don't understand most people other that what I process at an intellectual level. I can get completely consumed in my work (web development) and I regularly get really involved in the sciences - Quantum Mechanics being my favorite to study. Others around me, including family, find this all very strange and have vocalized this over the years. I, for the life of me can't understand how they aren't also fascinated with those subjects. I imagine that I am very random to them. I was diagnosed with ADHD two years ago, and have been diagnosed with general-anxiety disorder and depression. I feel both are caused by the regular pressure of fitting in and all the energy I use to put on a facade for society. I am married, for the second time, and my wife (who is incredibly wonderful) has openly told me I often seem more concerned with a solution to her problems than listening to them for the sake of listening (empathy?). I have trouble often being too honest/real for people and I struggle with this. I am extremely open minded and that puts me at odds with much of my family here in the southern US. I need to talk to my doctor on this, but this all opened up a very real explanation for me if this was true. It would be a huge piece of explaining many parts of my life in the past up until today. Very glad I found this and will continue to do more research on it.
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 54 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
Well... I have suspected for a while. I took another test and the score was 34. Aspies tended to score 32 or higher, it said. And I remember reading that females tend to show milder, different symptoms, or something like that. I was diagnosed with ADD a few years back but felt like that didn't explain some things. I had assumed for a short period of time that my above-decent language skills and my horrible math skills meant I couldn't be Aspie, but apparently that is not the case. I also have decent social skills but that's from being in a large family and being forced to socialize from an early age. I work in customer service and it's pretty rough on me. To get through it, I joke a lot and process the customers through as quickly as I can. That's how I have learned to get through social situations, by being funny. But forget small talk. I don't know how anyone does it, especially women. I just don't have the ability to care much about shoes, clothes and who's dating who. I'm never going to be very comfortable in social situations and I am okay with that. My problem with remembering faces is another story, though.
I have high empathy with animals, not so much the humans. I am able to lie and can have hidden agendas though it is rare. I often lie in order to avoid social situations. I don't have much of a problem looking into another's eyes, in fact I suspect I stare too much. For me, it helps block out other details. Although if I am forced to act social for too long, I tend to start blurring out faces, if that makes any sense. I am 29 years old.
Do any of these details mean anything? Sorry about the length. I am confused and don't know where to go from here.
Also, sorry for posting a (much) shorter version in the other place.
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Yes, your details mean alot, since Asperger's Syndrom is a portion of the Autistic spectrum (which I occupy also) the saying is going around that: If you meet one person with asperger's, you've met one person with asperger's. :-) As with NT's none of us are the same but we share a number of "traits", just not ALL of them, so we are just as human as NT's, and we are not JUST the diagnosis..
Has it occurred to the folks who made this test that perhaps a person could be, in all honesty, self-contradictory or just uncertain about how they are? Different situations call for different approaches and/or attitudes, and in my (not so humble) opinion I think that it is often the case that a scenario is far more complex and nuanced than the simplistic, Yes/No responses we were asked to give here.
I'll take the test again, but I'm not expecting the result to be different. :(
Post Script: I've just now noticed the 'be nice' message below. 'Be positive and constructive' it says. Okay, this may be a stupid question, but could someone here define the terms 'positive' and 'constructive' within this context? What exactly do you mean? I can be 'nice', that means no swearing or insulting others, but the other two?
perhaps you might find it informative to complete a personality style quiz such as the myers-briggs inventory. It may help you identify clearly your perspective so that you pick more consistent answers or it may help you pinpoint in what behaviours you show a open minded flexibility ('contradictory' in small mind speak)
constructive: calling names and being abusive is not constructive
:-)
Your Aspie score: 163 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 70 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
My Second test (I feel like I was more honest here) went like this:
Your Aspie score: 182 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 29 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
I suspected that I have had asperger's syndrome for a few years, but only recently have I tried to confirm my suspicion. The results to both of my tests seem to agree with me, but I would like it very much if someone could help me interpret them.
NOTE: Two tests would never be administered without a gap of 12 months or more because of "practise" and memory corrupting the scores.
My neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 66 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
Any advice about how Can start to deal with this, I feel frustrated about my social life :/
109 of 200 Aspie
95 of 200 Neurotypical
Wonder how common this is, I have had a lot of trouble with my life but then there wasn't always an easy thing to point to that would help explain my social oddities and seeming lack of empathy or understanding what was going on with people. Very frustrating.
I'm finding it hard to get information on adult women with Aspergers. And this was the best test I have found, but I think it may be more directed towards male symptoms (hunting, etc)
My Aspie score is 118/200
Neurotypical score 88/200
But I believe it may have been quite different (higher Aspie) had I taken it early in my life. Being 51, I have learned to adjust to many uncomfortable social norms. But I can remember being much more "weird" as a child and being teased a lot for it.
I'm currently in an relationship crisis which I can't figure out...And one of the biggest issues I am having is that I don't "miss" my significant other or anyone else really when I am separated from them. I don't think I'm a sociopath, so maybe, just maybe it's Aspie.
Any thoughts?
Aspergirls is a good book on the subject
Could someone break it down tell me what my results mean? I don't understand how typical my results are or if it means im just an aspie that might be good at hunting? I'm confused.
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We normally have difficulty communicating: mispronouncing some words because we've only ever seen them on print, and generally trying to form a perfect sentence ahead of time so we don't miscommunicate.....etc.
Our perception tends to be with the details. We DO see things the NT's miss many times. Hunting, I am not sure what they mean by that one.
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 30 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
http://www.rdos.net/eng/poly12c.php?p1=76&p2=100&p3=87&p4=72&p5=78&p6=95&p7=86&p8=87&p9=80&p10=78&p11=84&p12=95[/img]
I am 17 and was diagnosed with ADD two years ago.. I know that they tend to get mistaken for each other a lot?
What do my results mean? Do i probably have aspergers? should i get tested then??
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How is someone who isn't American (me) expected to answer this? General knowledge questions are not supposed to be asked on I.Q. tests, they should only contain questions that require one to use one's ability to discern patterns, decipher messages and solve mathematical problems. Thankfully those (the good ones) exist as well, although they are very hard to find.
Even so, the I.Q. number is just that; a number. It doesn't really measure an attribute (intelligence) that no one has even been able to define properly yet, so one should not take one's score too seriously.
It must also be mentioned that an IQ test measures something that we ourselves do not seem to understand, intelligence.
My chart
http://www.rdos.net/eng/poly12c.php?p1=98&p2=98&p3=69&p4=73&p5=87&p6=89&p7=89&p8=83&p9=74&p10=76&p11=79&p12=57
But at the end of the day, the tests are focused on how well you can take the test. I guess what I am saying is that intelligence isn't about just one thing. But IQ tests are.
True intelligenc is not just knowing how many squares are in a 5x5 grid, or which 3D object transates to which. Its also about knowing how to use that intelligence. Just as it's knowing how to understand and use our emotions.
But I digress.
Thanks for the view on Ethnic Minorities Goodhart. As someone who grew up well below the poverty line, it's interesting that there are "tests" for each area. For the record, I was on academic scholarships, so I guess that puts me in the white middle class bracket?
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 84 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
After reading about it recently, I started suspecting I might have Asperger's. The one thing that made me have doubts is that I consider myself really good at understanding figurative language. Is this the case for many Aspies?
I'm 28 and no one ever suggested to me that I could be an Aspie. When I was in school I was told I could have ADD but the specialist that saw me didn't agree.
I've been seeing a psychologist for over 6 months due to depression but he has never mentioned Asperger's to me.
Aspie Score: 77 out of 200
Neurotypical Score: 118 out of 200
Very likely 'neurotypical'
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 55 out of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
Your Aspie score: 168 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 38 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
I'm 15, any ideas on what to do, or what anythin' shows?
On this test I got these results:
Your Aspie score: 151 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 52 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
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And I made other test
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I find it a bit hard to find professional help without my family's judgement towards me but I'd really appreciate any feedback from people who are in the same situation as me.
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 37 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
what would be the best way to go about seeking a professional diagnosis? i've been thinking about this for a while now, but the last time i went to see a psychiatrist i ended up hooked on paxil for social phobia. as a side note, how is getting me too stoned to care if i have friends supposed to help me make them? i have a lot of the traits but i really don't know what do here.
Neurotypical score: 85 of 200
Aspie score: 125 of 200
I'm 13 and it is very likely that I am an Aspie. :(
Is the test REAL?
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 49 of 200
It says I'm a very likely Aspie, I just want to know if I am then what would my life turn out to be? As I'm actually not 19 and I'm not 13 yet, I'm 11 and I'm sry for lying about my age but it said I wasn't able to sign up bc I'm too young, I can't tell my parents because they'll say I don't have it then make an excuse so I have to wait till I'm older and moved out or somethin and go to the doctors to have a test. Anyway, what would I turn out like???? I'm sort of proud of who I am because even though I hate it I still try to get in social activties like Athletics and that, so could it get worse? I'm even thought to have anxiety before I got told that it might not be anxiety and it could be aspergers, or is aspergers the same?
Thnx
Your neurotypical score: 108 of 200
You seem to have both aspie and neurotypical traits
I'm in the forties and believe that the social / coping skills have somehow make us less aspie in the appearance, especially when you are a mild aspie.
But i'll tell you i am never happy since my childhood with all the copings with parents, friends, some colleagues...
Yet, while the above test very much described my feelings first time ever in my life, i am not sure if this is conclusive or not. So i went to see a psychologist. She said i don't have asperger. But the test i had gone through with that psycholoist was much shallow and irrelevant than http://www.rdos.net. For instance, there're many questions about drugs and addictions i think it's more for teenager. At the end she said i was just being 'cocky' (excessively proud of oneself) which i never was (and even so, a psychologist shouldn't say things like that).
And when i asked about 'mild asperger' she even didn't know how to answer my question. At the end she charged me about USD180 instead of the original assessment of USD700.
I think the resource and reserach for adult asperger is quite limited. People only focus on kids symptons of AS. I suppose Adult aspie are very very different from kids or teenage aspie because they have learnt the coping skills.
I was very disappointed and left no where with the psychologist despite the money and time (2 hours) spent. What do you guys think? Do you think the rdos test is conclusive or do you know any more scientific test for adults AS?
Thxxxx :0
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt113459.html
However, I am only 19 years of age, and...
Aspie Score: 190.
NT: 13.
All of my results on those tests left little room for a non-autistic possibility. You're much more balanced than I am, and probably more mature, so it would be harder to pin down. But from what I've been seeing, most people who are honestly very certain that they are Aspergers and have read hundreds of webpages of information on the subject with obsessive passion, they are likely to be part of this weird minority. c:
a) I may have Asperger's
or
b) I'm correct in thinking that I clearly don't, and my psychologists have no clue what they're on about, therefore may not be the best people to treat my OCD
You're welcome to use the image for the page.
Scores:
Your Aspie score: 69 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 126 of 200
You are very likely neurotypical
Thank you.
To be sure one way or another you'd need extensive testing, which if you have no reason for it (school, work, etc. requires it), it can be expensive and you do go through a lot for the result.
I only recently got the group transferred to me, so my apologies for my late answer.
Your Aspie score: 157 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 48 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
I have never been diagnosed with Aspergers. But what lead me to learning about it was I have a cousin that has been diagnosed with it, and we share many of the same traits. I went to google to find out why I can't separate sounds and Aspergers came up and that's when I really started researching it.
If I had taken this quiz when I was younger, about say 5 years ago it probably would have been a higher score. But I started attending and working at places that have forced me to interact with others, I'm more okay with touch thanks to my last job. (And awesomely understanding friends that resulted from working there. ^.^)
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I've been curious if I were an Aspie or not. I think I've learned to mimic a lot of social behaviors. Here's my score and I'll try to post the pic. It doesn't mean anything to me, just kind of explains my eccentricities. I seem to get by well and mainly suffer from social anxiety and/or depression. Learned how to cope and I get by.
Your Aspie score: 131 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 86 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie