I'm curious to see how many of you here score on this test about autism.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html
I scored a 35, and though I've had problems socially in my life I've got good friends and live a pretty decent life. So take a look and post your score.
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>>1
That was an old article, but the reason diagnoses of autism are rising is because of better awareness, detection methods/different diagnosis criteria. I doubt anyone that thinks they are autistic is. You cannot diagnose yourself.
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I notice details that don't invovle people, since I don't look at people.
Also, I'm good at knowing how characters... but not real people, for the same reason.
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Some of the questions were hard to answer because I simply don't have a clue.
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I expected to score a lot higher.
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:-/
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I got a 38, do I win?
38. I've been diagnosed with Asperger's.
I also agree with >>9's comment. The test is a little too vague to take seriously.
>>19 The test is a little too vague to take seriously.
Welcome to internet quizzes!
Agree: 2,5,12,19,21,22,23,26,35,39,46: 1 point
Disagree: 8,10,11,14,15,17,24,34,37,38,47,48: 1 point
Score: 23
>50 I find it very easy to play games with children that involve pretending.
how was i supposed to answer this :/
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A lot of the questions didn't apply to me, though, because I have zero social interation. I had to pretty much pick one of the middle-road options for those.
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since i answered most of the middle which applies to me more..
31. i have OCD by the way
44. Miserable. Alone. Goingthth throughew Mastrubbation Withdrfaweal.
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About 5 points from being in the Autistic catagory.
Although I think some tendencies might be connected with enjoying certain activities.
15 I find myself drawn more strongly to people than to things.
16 I tend to have very strong interests, which I get upset about if I can't pursue.
39 People often tell me that I keep going on and on about the same thing.
40 When I was young, I used to enjoy playing games involving pretending with other children.
41 I like to collect information about categories of things (e.g., types of cars, birds, trains, plants).
The correct answers to all of these seems to point to "Otaku" type behavior. For a clear example, I'd point you toward trek and wars fans who can name ship classes, Jedi fighting stances, etc, as well as argueing about the status of religion and economics. They also seem to have enough imagination to dress the part (anime fans as well).
Theory: A geek, especially an otaku geek is probably low-grade asperagers.
Score: 35
I haven't been diagnosed with anything except social anxiety disorder. And I don't really have a daily routine or specific interest in collecting information about categories of things.
23 here.
>>Theory: A geek, especially an otaku geek is probably low-grade asperagers.
That's the theory being pushed here, yes.
And that is the problem I have with the ideology I see being pushed in the guise of pop psychology here. There seems to be an underlying idea being sold very hard here of irrational mandatory egalitarianism, not just in pop psychology, but in pop culture. The idea that all human beings are all exactly identical in capability and value to society is nonsense on its face, but we're bombarded with it daily in ways that make Soviet agitprop look subtle.
"Yeah, them thar egghaids may be book-smart, but they's all STUPID GEEKS! HAW HAW HAW HAW! Says rat cheer in this here magazine, they's all got AUTISMS!"
"Rain Man here drools on himself and masturbates in public, but he has unnatural superhuman math skills, plus he plays seventeen musical instruments and has perfect pitch! Aw, isn't it just so cute and uplifting? Doesn't that give you warm fuzzies?"
"Deshawn here may score only 73 on the standard IQ tests, but under 'Multiple Intelligences Theory,' we can declare him a supergenius at 'kinesthetic intelligence,' which he displays while playing midnight baxitball and strong-arming little old ladies for their Social Security checks to feed his crack cocaine habit."
I actually suspect that this particular latter-day superstition has its roots in Christianity, and the concept that all humans have souls and are therefore all exactly equally valuable to God.
Which would be enough to cause me to become an atheist if I weren't one already. Feh.
Everyone wants aspergers these days. It's the perfect excuse for not changing.