The AQ Test

**Red_Lizard2** · 10-12-09, 11:14 AM

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html

kind of an interesting test someone posted on another site, what it is:

Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives.

I scored an 11, how about you?

**Consultant** · 10-12-09, 11:51 AM

8

**Chizzle** · 10-12-09, 12:04 PM

19

**Thorsen** · 10-12-09, 12:07 PM

14

**flame** · 10-12-09, 12:21 PM

23

**Imisnew2** · 10-12-09, 12:22 PM

20

**-Sauso-** · 10-12-09, 12:30 PM

11

**DJ Ms. White** · 10-12-09, 12:39 PM

36

**Gumby** · 10-12-09, 12:41 PM

14

**flame** · 10-12-09, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by GM Mr. White

36

If the test follows what I think it follows... that doesnt surprise me. I dont like being social and work on things alone and have a vivid imagination... Not sure if thats what makes your score higher.

It tells at the bottom but I havent gone through and looked at all of them.