How Autistic Are You?

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On a sample of N=85, the mean Autism score for ILM is 21.85, with a standard deviation of 8.29. This indicates that the population of ILM is significantly more autistic than the general population in statistical terms, however an accurate answer is impossible without the raw scores that the population average was derived from.

Nerr.

― Jacob (Jacob), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 08:07 (twenty-two years ago)

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 08:12 (twenty-two years ago)

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wrt the question about what it means if you score low, the questionnaire won't tell you because it was designed simply to indicate whether or not you might be on the spectrum (and possibly to indicate whereabouts on the spectrum you might be if you are). It wasn't designed to tell you what you are if you're not on it.

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 09:01 (twenty-two years ago)

29. I thought I would score higher.

― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo (cindigo), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 09:13 (twenty-two years ago)

24 - i think the only thing that saved me from serious pathology is tha fact that i hate numbers to the point that i honestly think i have a kind of numeric dyslexia

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 11:08 (twenty-two years ago)

i also think i may be going senile

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 11:13 (twenty-two years ago)

27 for the second time. i did this test already in 2001. i am consistent at least.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd assume if yr score is low you are something of an extravert, possibly ADHD if you want a disease too

6 - I shouldn't be here really. I think it was my number phobia and over-active imagination.

― Anna (Anna), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 22:30 (twenty-two years ago)

seven!?!!!?!

― $$, Wednesday, 25 February 2004 22:33 (twenty-two years ago)

25. Does this make me the most autistic person Nicky D knows?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 23:51 (twenty-two years ago)

No, ailsa got 32 and cozen 33.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 26 February 2004 00:04 (twenty-two years ago)

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 26 February 2004 01:13 (twenty-two years ago)

35, yeah I knew I was fucked up.

― Cacaman Flores, Thursday, 26 February 2004 01:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I scored 18 second time round and answered as honest as I could. some of the questions are unanswerable under their choices.

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 26 February 2004 01:56 (twenty-two years ago)

OK, one of the cozens got 33.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 26 February 2004 02:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I reckon I am probably closer to 33 than 18 tho. : /

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 26 February 2004 02:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Were you dishonest first time round?

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 26 February 2004 09:59 (twenty-two years ago)

pre-reincarnation?

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 26 February 2004 12:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I got 21 on my first time round, but then I had another look at the questions and realised I was being far too generous (I may feel a bit nervous when confronted by a new situation, but proper anxiety, no, for example). So I did it again and got 10. If the questions were more accurate I'd probably be around 14 I suspect.

(also, what's all the stuff about pretending as children? I wasn't *really* a cowboy or an indian, wtf?)

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 26 February 2004 14:38 (twenty-two years ago)

does anyone else have a bit of trouble taking the concept of Aspergers seriously? i know it's a problem but i dread what may become a sucky trend of using it as an 'excuse' for some people, hmmm

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 26 February 2004 14:49 (twenty-two years ago)

....errrrrrrrrrrrrrr, yes. I mean, is it just me or if a kid is noisy and rowdy these days they are automatically assumed to have Attention Deficiency Disorder and if they're quiet and introspective they have Aspergers?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 26 February 2004 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

i agree, stevem.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 26 February 2004 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

i mean sometimes i am tactless, oblivious, very forgetful, uncaring, uncommunicative, afraid, confused, slow, careless etc. - more than a lot of people around me i notice, but i wouldn't call it a disorder as such (they are all flaws but who doesn't have those?). but i do know people who fit this 'condition' more than me and while i can see how it can be useful to categorise it with a view to attending to the problem (have to identify problem before you can identify solution) it seems clear that there are some people 'worse' than others and by some distance, but it's a very grey area.

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 26 February 2004 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Asperger's syndrome is a serious condition which fundamentally affects the way a person who has it interacts with both the world around them, and more specifically with the people around them. It isn't just a matter of someone being inattentive, or self-obsessed or whatever, it's more that a person thus afflicted's brain works on a completely different paradigm to a "normal" person. There is plenty of good information about it online, if you care to look.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 26 February 2004 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

i guess my point is that the term is at risk of being abused if it hasn't been already. i mean just the idea that i am four points away from having AS seems a bit daft - i don't always feel 'normal' and in the past have often felt out of step with people around me (but i didn't use it to justify my 'oddness' which is what some cynical types out there may do). but then i met other people who were like that but ten(or more)fold and there seems to be a sliding scale of sorts here, only what you describe pashmina sounds more and more like actual autism (but as you say there is info online and i'm no expert here)

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 26 February 2004 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

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.

so it's full of shit basically ;)

but yeah i'm only just starting to get my head around this idea of 'mild' autism, and does it mean 'mild' Aspergers as well or is Aspergers more defined (as i thought autism was)?

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 26 February 2004 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I got 25. I sort of agree with those who're against making everything into a 'syndrome'. Then they usually warm to their theme and turn into classic 'buck up, you' middle-class puritans. Personally I think Asperger's is a by-product of an intensely ruled and stratified society derived from anxiety about status -- this certainly helps explain the behaviour of one of my friends who suffers from it. I don'd need to give it a name for it to exist.

― ENRQ (Enrique), Thursday, 26 February 2004 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Aspergers isn't 'mild autism' -- it just has kind of similar symptoms.

― ENRQ (Enrique), Thursday, 26 February 2004 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Neither condition is fully understood (like our little boy is four, and they won't know for a few years if he is a/around the middle of the autistic spectrum, but very intelligent, b/at the upper end of the spectrum, or c/has asperger's syndrome, the latter seems unlikely, but it's still possible) From what I have read, and what I have been told by the specialist who diagnosed our child, the conditions are related in some way that is not fully understood. Both conditions are "spectrum" conditions, IE pick and mix from a list of symptoms, to put it crudely. Basically, mild autism and asperger's aren't quite the same thing.

I suspect "haha person 'x', your dialogue is awfully repetitive, are you autistic?" is probably an example of the term being abused. OTOH, if a person states they have asperger's syndrome, I would assume they have an actual medical diagnosis of aspergers syndrome.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 26 February 2004 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I got 32, meaningless of course 'cos you can work out teh direction the questions are headed. Simon Baron-Cohen is Ali G's uncle and I've hear he really does not appreciate being reminded of the fact.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 26 February 2004 15:47 (twenty-two years ago)

10. I am perfect.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Does that make Ned Dudley Moore?

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I hope so!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

37, which is quite high, I guess. I've often suspected that I was slightly on the autistic side. It was suggested once when I was a child. Though it didn't start until I went to the States, so it might just be social maladjustment. Like Lady Di said above, I answered quite honestly about social difficulties, which I have taught myself to overcome.

― The River Kate (kate), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:35 (twenty-two years ago)

18!
That's AMAZINGLY low for me.

― mei (mei), Friday, 27 February 2004 10:48 (twenty-two years ago)

On a sample of N=85, the mean Autism score for ILM is 21.85

I got 21. But aged 21 I'd have got much higher. I have halved my introversion since then. By fucking around, mostly.

― Momus (Momus), Friday, 27 February 2004 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)

First sentence of The Geek Syndrome:

'Nick is building a universe on his computer.'

Sudden wave of nostalgia. Damn, it's time I made another album!

― Momus (Momus), Friday, 27 February 2004 11:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Does that make Ned Dudley Moore?

Such cruelty. Can't I be Peter Cook?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 27 February 2004 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

K-Mart sucks.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 27 February 2004 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Such cruelty. Can't I be Peter Cook?

No.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 27 February 2004 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

two weeks pass...

39, took it three times, feedback would be appreciated. thats pretty high from what i read, hope to hear from you

― steve kotlarz, Monday, 15 March 2004 03:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I got 42/50. I really don't know how someone can get over 50 concidering it is out of 50! lol :)It was a fun test, it really described me. :) But I already know I have Autistic Tendencies. Don't need a test to tell me, lol. :)

Got to get back to my homework, got side tracked, but it was fun. :)

Sincerly; Mozart

― Mozart, Tuesday, 16 March 2004 03:34 (twenty-two years ago)

i only got an 8 wow what does that say about me...

― Chunky Monkey, Tuesday, 16 March 2004 03:42 (twenty-two years ago)

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 04:10 (twenty-two years ago)

(on the first test)

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 04:10 (twenty-two years ago)

one month passes...

scored 39 ok?

― brudvik geir, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know about this test, but I've solved completed a unified theory of the universe, but I still shit my pants.

Okay that's not true.

Except for the pant-shitting.

― Sasha (sgh), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 01:07 (twenty-two years ago)

www.autism-society.org

― Orbit (Orbit), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

I scored a 27..I guess thats means??? anyway I loveeeeee numbers!!! what does that mean?? somebody was saying something about numbers...

― donna1979, Thursday, 27 April 2006 05:44 (twenty years ago)

hi dere

1. The child spends more time involved with objects and physical systems than with people (Swettenham et al., 1998);

2. The child communicates less than other children do;

3. The child tends to follow their own desires and beliefs rather than paying attention to, or being easily influenced by, othersâ€™ desires and beliefs (Baron- Cohen, Leslie & Frith, 1985);

4. The child shows relatively little interest in what the social group is doing, or being a part of it (Bowler, 1992; Lord, 1984);

5. The child has strong, persistent[2] interests;

6. The child is very accurate at perceiving the details of information (Plaisted, O'Riordan & Baron-Cohen, 1998a; Plaisted, O'Riordan & Baron-Cohen, 1998b)

7. The child notices and recalls things other people may not (Frith, 1989);

8. The childâ€™s view of what is relevant and important in a situation may not coincide with others (Frith, 1989);

9. The child may be fascinated by patterned material, be it visual (shapes), numeric timetables), alphanumeric (number plates), or lists (of cars, songs, etc.);

10. The child may be fascinated by systems, be they simple (light switches, water taps), a little more complex (weather fronts), or abstract (mathematics);

11. The child may have a strong drive to collect categories of objects (e.g., bottletops, train maps), or categories of information (types of lizard, types of rock, types of fabric, etc.); and

12. The child has a strong preference for experiences that are controllable rather than unpredictable.

― flea market economy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 27 April 2006 05:56 (twenty years ago)

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