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HighFunctioning 09-13-05, 09:15 PM The following link has a "geek" test created by one of the admins of my favorite Aspie forum that I'll refrain from mentioning. :)
http://www.thegeeksyndrome.com/
I scored a 35.
90% of all of those with AS score 25 or higher.
Uminchu 09-13-05, 09:31 PM I scored a 19.
A failure as an Aspie, I guess. :)
Here is another one.
The aspie 101 quiz
http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php
my score 130
Sorceress Pol 09-22-05, 12:45 PM 23 on the geek test and 136 on the second one.
mmcclure79 09-22-05, 01:14 PM woohoo! I got a 20 what do I get?! :) just kidding, guess it just means I'm wierd instead of a geek. oh well I'll live
results for the second one, I got a 121. I knew I had something in common with the really smart people! :D
Sc@tterBr@in_UK 09-22-05, 02:55 PM 30 for me
sgolden5374 09-23-05, 12:36 AM I got a 35 on the first and a 125 on the second.
16 and 111...I guess my membership card will be withheld :p
whiteraven 09-26-05, 01:13 AM 17 and 121
40(geek syndrome test)
174(aspie quiz)
I am thankful it wasn't based on academic skill. :faint:
stanzen 09-26-05, 10:37 AM 53 on the geek syndrome test.
131 on the aspie quiz.
I think these quizes reflects my absolute lack of fashion sense. That's unless you consider a belt holstered laptop a hip fashion accessory.
HighFunctioning 09-26-05, 12:43 PM 53 on the geek syndrome test.
I believe the maximum score on that test is 45. :)
Nice Try!
HighFunctioning 09-26-05, 05:23 PM It should be noted that the scoring on this test isn't particularly intelligent (upon my analysis of the JavaScript that makes it up). The maximum score is 45 (45 questions), which each question having exactly one "correct" answer. Each "correct" answer is worth exactly one point. So if you choose mostly moderate responses, you should expect to get a low score.
The test was not manually coded. It was generated by a quiz generation program.
hypergeek2 09-28-05, 12:42 AM i cant belive i spent all tht time doing those tests. 35 on one, 163 on the other. really builds up my confadence.
stanzen 09-28-05, 12:17 PM I think I had 33, actually. Oh, well.
AmbiDexDude 10-02-05, 03:19 AM Me:
Title of Quiz: The Geek Test
Quiz type: Multiple Choice
The results will be submitted to:
Questions answered by: Chris
Number of quiz attempts: Not recorded
Total number of questions available: 45
Total number of questions answered: 45
Total number of correct answers: 37
Total number of incorrect answers: 8
Grade as percentage: 82%
List of question(s) with incorrect answers. The incorrect choice is in brackets:
5... (a); 7... (c); 17... (a); 23... (a); 31... (b); 35... (a); 37... (b); 43... (a);
List of question(s) with correct answers:
1; 2; 3; 4; 6; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 32; 33; 34; 36; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 44; 45;
Thank you for filling out this questionnaire.
Your score: 166
You are very likely an Aspie
hmmm.... so I guess I don't have AD/HD lol... heh, doctors are dumb.... (sorry, no offence to any docs here)
Dixie_Amazon 10-02-05, 09:07 AM 20/100
HighFunctioning 10-02-05, 09:58 AM hmmm.... so I guess I don't have AD/HD lol... heh, doctors are dumb.... (sorry, no offence to any docs here)
Asperger's Syndrome and AD/HD can occur at the same time. These tests aren't neccessarily accurate, anyway. People with AD/HD tend to score higher than those who are otherwise neurotypical on these Aspie tests, by the way.
AmbiDexDude 10-02-05, 10:36 AM Asperger's Syndrome and AD/HD can occur at the same time. These tests aren't neccessarily accurate, anyway. People with AD/HD tend to score higher than those who are otherwise neurotypical on these Aspie tests, by the way.well hell, I know i'm sure not neuroTYPICAL.... heh:rolleyes:
woohoo! I got a 20 what do I get?! :) just kidding, guess it just means I'm wierd instead of a geek. oh well I'll live
You get a cookie! :D
results for the second one, I got a 121. I knew I had something in common with the really smart people! :D
Yup, my guess is that the common thing is; you are really smart. :p
Me :D
40(geek syndrome test)
174(aspie quiz)
WOW Emma! You went full scale! :eek: :faint: :)
I am thankful it wasn't based on academic skill. :faint:
LOLROFL. It was NOT that bad... It does take a LONG time to to complete it tho.
They just put a new version of the aspie quiz online. It looks like all new questions.
I took it again and got the same score as before. :p
Me :D
I scored a 96. Low for Aspies, they said.
I scored a 25.
I had to laugh at the question 'Do you collect things and make sets' !
Yes!
Nova
I scored 25 on the Geek Test and a 130 on the Aspie test.
I had no idea that I had a couple of Aspie traits.
Crazygirl79 02-12-06, 11:15 PM I got a 6 on the geek test and I scored 30 on the original aspie quiz.
Princess-of-Chaos 02-17-06, 08:55 AM 6... guess I'm a different kind of weirdo/ nerd:p
Crazygirl79 02-20-06, 08:50 PM I must be just a very mixed up ADDer....hehehehehe
Well, those tests are fun to take anyway. :p
Besides, being mixed up is an art unto itself. :eek: :faint: :)
ME :D
I am hoping the java explanation is true...only 12 on the first one, 104 on the second.
uberduber 07-11-06, 05:48 AM I had 38 in the geek test
134 in Aspie quiz
after reading all the symptoms too i pretty much have them all :eyebrow:
Crazy~Feet 07-11-06, 05:39 PM First quiz "Pretty Good! 23 points"
Next one Your Aspie score: 160 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 68 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
Interesting! This has started to grab my attention lately in all honesty...dad-->me--->kid with certain sensory input reactions, starting to notice/make connections/wondering...:faint: NOW WHAT??
Only one point difference between my Aspie and my neurotypical score.
I never regarded myself to be an 'Aspie' though. :p
My score from the Aspie 101 quiz posted by Speedo:
Your Aspie score: 109 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 110 of 200
You are more neurotypical than Aspie
Nova
yup. People with adhd can score high on it.
I take it evcery now and then. Usually I score high enough it just asays "you have a lot of aspie traits."..... a couple of aspies in the forum took it, you will have to dig back through the posts to see how they scored... I think these tests are fun. I fo0n't think they mean a lot in terms of measuring anything, but they make you pause to think about yourself.
ME :D
sehrita 07-12-06, 07:45 PM I got 11 on the geek syndrome test... what does that mean?
sehrita 07-12-06, 07:56 PM Your Aspie score: 113 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 125 of 200
You are more neurotypical than Aspie
Your Aspie score: 120 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 82 of 200
You are more Aspie than neurotypical
I scored 23 on the geek test. I'm not sure what it means. I suppose that a higher score means there are more aspie traits, and a lower score means fewer (more neurotypical).
My guess is that people in the autism spectrum will be scoring 30 and up on the geek test, and upwards of 130 or so in the aspie quiz. It's going to vary a lot because, it IS a spectrum disorder.
ME :D
Wow,I was not going too take the test as I know I was going to score hight but I did anyhow and ouchhhhhhhhhhh !!!!
112 was my score
VisualImagery 07-24-06, 04:30 PM Your Aspie score: 82 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 148 of 200
You are very likely neurotypical
Something about me is typical!
Low Aspie-High ADD-Possible combined type.
Is there a bipolar test? Or is that the bipolar express?
Dyslexia
Dysgraphia
Dyscalcula
Dysmennorhea :D
xstarchildx 07-24-06, 05:18 PM what is an aspie??????
Your Aspie score: 144 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 78 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
An "aspie" is a person with Asperger's Syndrome. It is a very highly functinoing form of autism. Some aspies seem very "normal" so it can be hard to diagnose in some people. Most aspies never get diagnosed or end up misdiagnosed with everything from indigestion to schizopherenia. If what I am seeing going on in this forum is correct, It is not unusual lfor an aspie to be dx'd with ADHD or bipolar disorder befor the diagnosis is changed to AS.
There is a nice thread in the Asperger's syndrom secion of the co-existing conditions forum called : "So you thinik you have Asperger's Syndrome?". It does a good job explaining it.
ME :D
what is an aspie??????
Your Aspie score: 144 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 78 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
Hyperion 07-24-06, 08:18 PM There hae been a few studies which have shown some fairly high co-morbidities between ADHD and autism-spectrum disorders. One study, in particular, found a 30% two-way comorbidity:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15206005&query_hl=26&itool=pubmed_DocSum
This study found that 30% of the subjects with ADHD had comorbid ASD, and 38% of subjects with ASD had comorbid ADHD. What is particular astounding about those findings is that the diagnosis rates for these two disorders are vastly different. Around 1 in 20 children will be diagnosed with ADHD, while 1 in 166 will be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. If this study were applied to the population at large, you would expect to see far more autism cases than we currently see, which would imply not only that the contemporary increase in autism diagnoses really is reflecting kids who might otherwise not have been diagnosed in the past, but that this pool of people who have these symptoms may be far greater than previously imagined.
Also, if you have a 30% two-way comorbidity, we're going to have to find some new ways of referring to these disorders to recognize the fact that you have that much overlap. It makes little sense to bring ADHD into the autism spectrum, as the ADHD community represents well over 5x the autistic population. Also, ADHD could not really be considered a pervasive developmental disorder, as it involves a set of symptoms which are linked to discrete developmental differences.
This is why I often use the term "neurodevelopmental disorders" when referring to a larger group of disorders.
That being said, I really would like to see more research into the relationship between Asperger's and ADHD.
Crazy~Feet 07-24-06, 08:34 PM Also, if you have a 30% two-way comorbidity, we're going to have to find some new ways of referring to these disorders to recognize the fact that you have that much overlap. It makes little sense to bring ADHD into the autism spectrum, as the ADHD community represents well over 5x the autistic population. Also, ADHD could not really be considered a pervasive developmental disorder, as it involves a set of symptoms which are linked to discrete developmental differences.
This is why I often use the term "neurodevelopmental disorders" when referring to a larger group of disorders.
That being said, I really would like to see more research into the relationship between Asperger's and ADHD.
Amen to that Hyperion! I spent several days freaking out about my own AS tendencies then a very calm person helped me down from the ceiling...there is way too much overlap for my comfort zone.
I'd love to see that research get conducted and right quick!
Crazy
I don't think it is worth getting too concerend about it. If you are a little autistic, what is the difference ? I think the only benefit that is to be gained comes from underrstanding one's conditoin better. I don't think the actual fact would have any value in and of itself.
ME :D
Crazy~Feet 07-24-06, 10:07 PM I don't think it is worth getting too concerend about it. If you are a little autistic, what is the difference ? I think the only benefit that is to be gained comes from underrstanding one's conditoin better. I don't think the actual fact would have any value in and of itself.
ME :DEhhh maybe it would help me with the kid though Speedo? I dunno. Personally I don't care (anymore) what labels get pasted on me, especially the stuff with the sensory integration dysfunctions. Not like I can do much about them anyway.
Just wish I had a solution to offer Super-Sniffer Mini Me when the Mystery Stench Strikes Again!
Crazy
All labels aside, it is good to know what your condition is. Fo myself, I work hard to get a better understanding of myself. I yhink it is important.
I get super sensitive scent attacks kind of randomly. Sound is the biggie for me. It limits what I can do. My grand discovery there was learning that I had damaged my hearing, which made my sensitivity to sound much worse. Knowing what was happeniung was helpful in that I was able to do some things to mitigate the situation and it helped.
ME :D
Crazy~Feet 07-24-06, 10:16 PM Trust me Speedo, smells are limiting too. Try a nice relaxing night out dining at a restaurant when you and the kid are dead certain something reeks suspiciously like burning garbage and wet dog :eek:...not only does it turn your stomach? Really, you just have to leave.
That is basically what happens with me and sound. I take risperdal when it is very bad. It reduces my tendency to overload, mostly because It makes me not care about mysensory issues.
Ever tried risperdal for your super sniffer ?
ME :D
Trust me Speedo, smells are limiting too. Try a nice relaxing night out dining at a restaurant when you and the kid are dead certain something reeks suspiciously like burning garbage and wet dog :eek:...not only does it turn your stomach? Really, you just have to leave.
Crazy~Feet 07-24-06, 10:30 PM No I have not, mainly because before I took my meds for ADHD I apparently either forgot it was happening or didn't care if I was "rude" and just left, or never noticed I was stimming in the first place.
High degrees of inattention have that as an advantage, I suppose.
I did have Mellaril for a while and whooweee did I do the thorazine shuffle on that stuff! And whatever it was they gave me for the side effects made my vision so blurry it was scarely worth the effort. Plus my blood pressure would drop alarmingly.
These days I try to have someone else attend to stenches for me, then all is well at least at home. In public I get away as fast as possible, usually while the Kid runs faster than I do mumbling "Nooooooooooooo Momma---it stiiiiiiiinks!".
Of course she is the smarter one ;) she defined purely mental distraction as "Brain Pop-ups". She usually can break the stench down into its components whereas I just sit and gag.
Crazy
Teach her to identify nitrares and lease her to the airports as a bob sniffer. :eek: :faint:
I take a small dose of riisoperedal, so I don't do the shuffle. I had troubles whe n I first started tenewx, but it got better.
Me :D
Scattered 07-24-06, 10:37 PM Geek -- 15 Guess I'm a not a geek.
Aspie 114 -- Neurotypical 89 They said I was more aspie than neurotypical -- that surprised me.:eyebrow: Go figure -- I need another diagnosis like I need another pile of dirty laundry!:rolleyes:
Scattered
Crazy~Feet 07-24-06, 10:43 PM LOL I can just see her face if I told her that idea--> :eyebrow:.
I suppose I presented as so much of a conundrum the docs just had to give a nice shuffle-worthy dose :mad: the next time I got offered an antipsychotic, I refused it (in the hospital) and the nurse reported me for that, then my doc got all huffy with me, so I fired his butt and filed a 72 hour notice while the staff all scrambled to figure out how someone like me managed to understand they really had no grounds for classifying my departure as AMA :D.
I actually had to tolerate a nurse chasing me down and telling me that she truly believed one of my personalities had schizophrenia that time :rolleyes:...it was the last time I visited a psych unit, too.
Please pass the Prater Flakes.
Crazy
DimensionX 07-25-06, 12:08 AM i got 12 on the first one
and....
I scored a 35.
<DIR>Your Aspie score: 131 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 78 of 200
</DIR>You are very likely an Aspie
Aizlyne 07-25-06, 01:13 AM Your Aspie score: 133 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 76 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
On the first test I got a 23.
butterflygirl 07-25-06, 03:00 AM I scored 32 on the Geek Syndrome Test. Of course, I've taken it before. I scored 157 on the Aspie Quiz out of 200.. and 55 as non-Aspie..
but I was "assessed by a team at TEACCH" supposedly.. in early May. It was supposed to be several hours and thorough. I told them I was nervous and only wanted to meet with 1 person at a time, so they brought a dozen people, including students, out into the lobby. Only 3 of the "team" had any contact with me. Of these 3, only 2 spoke to me. The 3rd was a witness who listened.
A doctor called my father, who is 71 and who could not remember much about my childhood. He told the doc a story about a "little boyfriend" I had when I was 11. Truth was, the child came to summer camp with me and I ignored him the entire time. No one asked me for my side of the story. The whole thing was over in 2 hours. The main dr announced, "Good news--You are not on the spectrum!" I said, "OK.. so what do I do now?" He stared in disbelief, repeating again, "This is good news." I said, "I have looked for 7 months for a job. I had an assessment last year that showed my visual memory to be below the 1st percentile. My ability to read and interpret non-verbal communication is like someone with an IQ of 60 or 65. I see the world in pieces. It takes me hours of writing to develop a sense of a whole." "But you DO develop a sense of a whole," the smug doctor cheerfully beamed, "You are capable. You have empathy and imagination, also."
"I'm 37. I've had a lifetime to compensate. Besides, women with AS have more empathy and imagination than men according to the research literature."
Smug doc: "I'm sorry. We will not assess you. You will receive your report in 6 weeks detailing why we cannot help you here."
I left crying. 12 weeks later, no report. They promise I will actually get it tomorrow. Of course, tomorrow afternoon, I have a neurologist appt.
Sour grapes. Very. My doctor says to focus on accepting myself the way I am and stop looking for things that are wrong with me, but I don't have to look.. I am struggling like hell and no one can see it somehow because I am so extraordinarily verbal.
I think if you are a woman over 30, your chance of an accurate diagnosis of AS is as likely as discovering a portal to another dimension.
Really.
B-Girl
TheMiNd 07-25-06, 05:13 PM I scored an 11... I wonder what it would have been a few years ago (when I had crippling social anxiety and avoided human contact at all costs). I actually had my parents take me to a shrink to test me for aspergers.
I'v have ADHD combined type and scored 120 aspie and 85 neurotypical "more aspie than neurotypical" the last time I too the aspie quiz.
I think ADDers can score pretty high on it.
ME :D
You are absolutely correct. The medical establishment does not know how to diagnose AS in adults. It gets even more difficult and complicated when other disorders are invioved as well. The net result is that they will call it ANYTHING BUT AS unless it is absolutely compelling. Of course this means that a lot of people get a wrong (or no) diagnosis.
ME :D
I scored 32 on the Geek Syndrome Test. Of course, I've taken it before. I scored 157 on the Aspie Quiz out of 200.. and 55 as non-Aspie..
but I was "assessed by a team at TEACCH" supposedly.. in early May. It was supposed to be several hours and thorough. I told them I was nervous and only wanted to meet with 1 person at a time, so they brought a dozen people, including students, out into the lobby. Only 3 of the "team" had any contact with me. Of these 3, only 2 spoke to me. The 3rd was a witness who listened.
A doctor called my father, who is 71 and who could not remember much about my childhood. He told the doc a story about a "little boyfriend" I had when I was 11. Truth was, the child came to summer camp with me and I ignored him the entire time. No one asked me for my side of the story. The whole thing was over in 2 hours. The main dr announced, "Good news--You are not on the spectrum!" I said, "OK.. so what do I do now?" He stared in disbelief, repeating again, "This is good news." I said, "I have looked for 7 months for a job. I had an assessment last year that showed my visual memory to be below the 1st percentile. My ability to read and interpret non-verbal communication is like someone with an IQ of 60 or 65. I see the world in pieces. It takes me hours of writing to develop a sense of a whole." "But you DO develop a sense of a whole," the smug doctor cheerfully beamed, "You are capable. You have empathy and imagination, also."
"I'm 37. I've had a lifetime to compensate. Besides, women with AS have more empathy and imagination than men according to the research literature."
Smug doc: "I'm sorry. We will not assess you. You will receive your report in 6 weeks detailing why we cannot help you here."
I left crying. 12 weeks later, no report. They promise I will actually get it tomorrow. Of course, tomorrow afternoon, I have a neurologist appt.
Sour grapes. Very. My doctor says to focus on accepting myself the way I am and stop looking for things that are wrong with me, but I don't have to look.. I am struggling like hell and no one can see it somehow because I am so extraordinarily verbal.
I think if you are a woman over 30, your chance of an accurate diagnosis of AS is as likely as discovering a portal to another dimension.
Really.
B-Girl
Crazy~Feet 07-25-06, 07:44 PM You are absolutely correct. The medical establishment does not know how to diagnose AS in adults. It gets even more difficult and complicated when other disorders are invioved as well. The net result is that they will call it ANYTHING BUT AS unless it is absolutely compelling. Of course this means that a lot of people get a wrong (or no) diagnosis.
ME :DOh that's wonderful news for me Speedo :cool: no more labels aye?
Crazy
yah. no label... or maybe a wrong label.. :eek: :faint: :D
Me :D
Crazy~Feet 07-25-06, 08:19 PM LOL! Nah, I am totally loaded with ADD :cool: that much I know for sure and if that's a label then so be it.
butterflygirl 07-26-06, 03:08 AM Speedo..
I just wanted to thank you for posting what you did. I actually got the b.s. report today from the TEACCH center. What was strange was that every single paragraph was based on an inaccuracy. He had inaccurately quoted parts of my last neuro-psych report and he had inaccurately quoted my father from their conversation on the phone. I read it to my dad and he was shocked. So, I wrote the doc an e-mail. I said, "I don't care if you reply. I am going to mail this to your clinic in the a.m. though, and I want it to be part of my permanent file. I want there to be a record in my file that my diagnostic report is based on completely erroneous information."
I just could not believe/get over this doctor who I originally respected as being so great could get everything so wrong. I got this report AFTER going to a different neuro clinic. They would like me to check in for a few days and do a sleep study, with MRI, SPECT and all that cool stuff. They will have to call to schedule, though. I asked the neuro if he could diagnose me with AS. He said, "You know, you do seem that way to me, but I am an epiliptologist only and I don't diagnose outside my realm of expertise." Oh, well.
I know what I am.. that's what matters, huh?
Flittering away..
b-Girl
Chele77 07-26-06, 06:55 AM Hmm, I scored 23 on the 1st, and 132 on the second. Is it possible that I have Aspergers? I had never even heard of Aspergers til I came on the forum. :eyebrow:
Crazy~Feet 07-26-06, 11:27 AM Speedo..
I just wanted to thank you for posting what you did. I actually got the b.s. report today from the TEACCH center. What was strange was that every single paragraph was based on an inaccuracy. He had inaccurately quoted parts of my last neuro-psych report and he had inaccurately quoted my father from their conversation on the phone. I read it to my dad and he was shocked. So, I wrote the doc an e-mail. I said, "I don't care if you reply. I am going to mail this to your clinic in the a.m. though, and I want it to be part of my permanent file. I want there to be a record in my file that my diagnostic report is based on completely erroneous information."
I just could not believe/get over this doctor who I originally respected as being so great could get everything so wrong. I got this report AFTER going to a different neuro clinic. They would like me to check in for a few days and do a sleep study, with MRI, SPECT and all that cool stuff. They will have to call to schedule, though. I asked the neuro if he could diagnose me with AS. He said, "You know, you do seem that way to me, but I am an epiliptologist only and I don't diagnose outside my realm of expertise." Oh, well.
I know what I am.. that's what matters, huh?
Flittering away..
b-GirlGOOD FOR YOU!!! I have personally fired doctors and reported them to the admin. of the hospitals they were affiliated with :D. It is extremely important that you know who you are. There are definitely too many well-meaning (and not-so-well-meaning) professionals out there with thw incorrect info.
Keep your own records too. You seem like you know what you are doing and I for one can back ya up. I take no BS whatsoever, ask my RX plan LOL.
Here for ya!
Crazy (so I got a touch of Autism? I know who I am!)
Scattered 07-26-06, 01:53 PM I'v have ADHD combined type and scored 120 aspie and 85 neurotypical "more aspie than neurotypical" the last time I too the aspie quiz.
I think ADDers can score pretty high on it.
ME :DThat would make sense we ADDers aren't exactly prime neurotypical models ourselves!:p
Scattered
Crazy~Feet 07-26-06, 04:56 PM That would make sense we ADDers aren't exactly prime neurotypical models ourselves!:p
ScatteredWho, US?? :cool: never!
NewADDGirl 09-24-06, 10:18 PM 30 for me - possible aspie? Needed to question since the adhd meds are not helping me to read non-verbal cues or other communication issues I have.
I need some serious help with the communication issues - I cannot even talk it is so strange. I will have the psych check things out but if there is some courses she could refer me to - it will probably help me so I can eleviate work and social issues.
The adhd meds ought to help with attention, and with hyperactivity.
If you have troubles with social skills beyond the impulsivity and inattentiveness of adhd, the meds might not help that. :)
Talking to your doc about it is a good idea. :p
Me :D
CrazyLilTh1ng 10-07-06, 03:15 PM I got :
Your Aspie score: 151 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 51 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
That was on the second test but I have no desire to persue it. I already have a diagnoses of ADHD and the DR I saw said I have "traits".. of Autism/Aspergers but he doesnt know if I would fulfill criteria or not as I was not there to be assessed for that... I like to think not... not because there is anything wrong with it, but because it could potentially jeopardise what I want to do with my future.
Anyway.. maybe a lot of people would score highly on those tests.
You are correct. A lot of people do score highly on it. It's just an online test... it is not diagnostic for anything.
ME :D
SpaceTraveller 05-20-07, 02:32 AM Geek test: 14
Your Aspie score: 57 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 140 of 200
I have a few autisticish quirks, especially as a younger child that may put me on the borderline, but now nothing really much fits me. I've never been dxed Asperger's, but I've even tested negative for both ADHD before, but mosts recently I've been ADHD (with the H). It's easiest to figure out children, but AS wasn't around back then. I was considered gifted/ADHD back then and probably that's accurate now with some kind of avoidant personality issues.
I can pass any coordination test and I'm not bad with faces or routines which kind of throws the Asperger's out of the mix probably, but I was pretty obsessive about certain things. Nobody in my family has been dxed anything, but there's definitely ADHD, OCD, schizophrenia, and personality disorders just to name a few as well as maybe one case of AS.
CrazyLilTh1ng 05-30-07, 07:35 PM I got :
Your Aspie score: 151 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 51 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
That was on the second test but I have no desire to persue it. I already have a diagnoses of ADHD and the DR I saw said I have "traits".. of Autism/Aspergers but he doesnt know if I would fulfill criteria or not as I was not there to be assessed for that... I like to think not... not because there is anything wrong with it, but because it could potentially jeopardise what I want to do with my future.
Anyway.. maybe a lot of people would score highly on those tests.Miserable update.... I have now been dx with AS. Actually, it was within weeks of this original post. I never showed the doctor my score on the quiz however. Maybe there is something in it.
Crazy~Feet 05-30-07, 07:42 PM Miserable update.... I have now been dx with AS. Actually, it was within weeks of this original post. I never showed the doctor my score on the quiz however. Maybe there is something in it.:) Please don't consider this to be a miserable situation. You are still you, and we like you.
CrazyLilTh1ng 05-30-07, 08:03 PM Thank you very much. I appreciate that. Talking to people on these forums is the only time I feel confident within a conversation, so it is great that you guys like me!
Crazy~Feet 05-30-07, 08:09 PM There are quite a lot of us here that feel better when we "digitally interface" rather than interact face-to-face. :)
Your Aspie score: 140 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 69 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
Had a hunch I'd get that, but my fiancee (who in her line of work comes across Aspies etc reckons I'm not).
I'd do the Geek Test, but it's down. :mad:
People with ADHD often score high on the aspie quiz.
In any case it is not diagnostic for anything. It's just a questionnaire.
Me :D
People with ADHD often score high on the aspie quiz.
In any case it is not diagnostic for anything. It's just a questionnaire.
Me :D
I know, but I'm a non-ADD'er :p And yes, I'm well aware of the failings of an online self-diagnosis quiz. I suspected I'd get a high score because reading the symptons/diagnosis criteria for Aspergers reads like my life. :)
In that case you might wish to talk to a doctor about it.
The thing that you need to ask yourself is; "what will a diagnosis do for me?" If it is something that you need to do, then by all means do it. Also, since you are an adult , be prepared to possibly have a long difficult road in getting a diagnosis of AS.
Me :D
In that case you might wish to talk to a doctor about it.
The thing that you need to ask yourself is; "what will a diagnosis do for me?" If it is something that you need to do, then by all means do it. Also, since you are an adult , be prepared to possibly have a long difficult road in getting a diagnosis of AS.
Me :DI've already asked myself that question and I came to the conclusion that I saw no value in getting the diagnosis (you can't get meds and I don't feel debilated).
Wether I truly have it or not doesn't faze me. Doing these quizes and reading those articles on AS has made me aware myself, how I differ to those around me and the recognition of the areas I can improve (already I'm becoming less likely to correct people to ensure the truth etc).
jc10101 08-30-07, 10:25 PM Well I took the test at http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php
And It looks like I m completely a aspie@ cause I"m above average in all catagories ;0).
Your Aspie score: 164 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 67 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
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