Let's Play AQ-10 • results - sh.itjust.works

Thanks to everybody who took part. Now it’s time to see the results. I’ve counted up everyone’s agreements and disagreements (using some amount of reading between the lines. I didn’t count any that were unclear). The ‘autistic’ answer for each statement is indicated with bold type: statement | agree | disagree —|—|— I often notice small sounds when others do not. | 23 | 0 When I’m reading a story, I find it difficult to work out the characters’ intentions.|5|1 I find it easy to “read between the lines” when someone is talking to me.|0|6 I usually concentrate more on the whole picture, rather than the small details.|0|4 I know how to tell if someone listening to me is getting bored.|2|4 I find it easy to do more than one thing at once.|1|4 I find it easy to work out what someone is thinking or feeling just by looking at their face.|1|5 If there is an interruption, I can switch back to what I was doing very quickly.|3|4 I like to collect information about categories of things.|5|2 I find it difficult to work out people’s intentions.|4|0 So, lemmy.world/autism picked the autistic option every time and scored a perfect 10/10. Interestingly, if we weight it proportionately according to how many picked each option, we only get 6.2, barely over the threshold. Scores of 6 or over indicate possible autism spectrum disorder, so lemmy.world/autism should seriously consider the possibility that they may be autistic. (Personally, I got 8. Go me!) My intentions for running this test was it would be interesting and fun, and I think it was (One respondent was concerned I might have some undisclosed professional interest - I don’t, but thanks for looking out for the community). I think the main takeaway is that interpreting self-report questions can be really hard. Should I do another? If so, should I do anything differently?