Comments on: Autism test

By: j0gan673

j0gan673 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:27:32 +0000

i was kind of worried about being autistic so i searched for the test and tried it. i got 32, so am a bit worried. my brother has aspergers which was why i was thinking about it and as i was i realised i might be, and now this test says i am. it’s silly i’m worried though. i told my girlfriend i thought i was and she asked me if that would change anything just knowing i am, and i realised it wouldn’t. even so, concerned : /

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:53:53 +0000

Sorry, the above post is from Jonathan Joles. Any young adults can relate to my above post and who live around the southwest MI area are more than welcome to e-mail me at jjoles@juno.com If you need a friend I definitely need someone who strugles like me to hang out with so it would be cool if we could get together.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:45:42 +0000

I have not been diagnosed with autism. I am attending my local community college and have been invited to join the honor’s society, due to my high academic standing. My social life is non-existant however. At times, I can socialize quite well with older people, but when it comes to interacting with my peers, I am totally helpless. I want to communicate and build relationships but it seems like I either can not think of anything to say, or I sound stupid and slow when I do talk. I have a few people in my life that have tried to reach out to and befriend me, but due to my lack of conversational skills I have chosen to withdraw and am completley isolated. I am 21 and have never been on a date. I would love to find a girl my age who also suffers from social isolation and befriend her. She and I could be together and have one another and could just forget the cruel world around us. Since it is highly unlikely I will ever be confident enough to socialize and communicate, I will likely end my life before long, if things don’t quickly begin to change.

By: mandy

mandy — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:48:46 +0000

hi my sun has just been picked up with a suspichion of asd and whilst reading through pages of the subject i noticed that i seem to have alot of the traites. i just took the aq test and scored 34 and im now unsure what to do. should i purse it further or forget about becouse im not 100% sure and dont want to go midering the dr for nothing and looking stupid.

By: David

David — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:58:16 +0000

I got 36!

Thats quite high

I thought something was differnt when i was at school. From about 12 or 13 i noticed that i didnt fit in, and finding it hard to make new friends.

Im now 25, Ive been diagnosed with Dyselxia and work in ICT. Although want to move in to programming.

At the end of a day i dont join the guys for a drink at the pub after work.

Im not really sure where to go from here?

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:33:41 +0000

What does a score of 10 mean?

By: Anders

Anders — Mon, 26 May 2008 00:54:33 +0000

Hi K. Allen. I don’t really know what to say, but I’ll do my best. I am two years younger than you. I scored a bit higher than you did but i also relate to a lot of what has been posted here. Since I was thirteen i started having problems with fitting in, especially in large groups. I tried several times to find a smaller group of friends that i could hang out with, but it never really worked out, and there was never more than three. Recently I had a session with a psychologist and he said something along the lines of being borderline, but I don’t really think he knew very much about it, he wasn’t a specialist. Pretty much everyone I know is in my class, but i have started slowly explaining to them how I am, and they have been very supportive. It has made me more relaxed about it and stopped me from worrying when I do weird things like writing down number sequences or patterns on paper or making humming noises when its too noisy or too much is happening. You can e-mail me at skid.road@hotmail.com or follow my advice if you think it may be of any help.

Anders Mundal

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:46:02 +0000

I’m 18 and did the test twice both scoring at 24, i don’t know if i have got autism, but my family seem to think i have. Most of the statements on these websites relate to how i feel. Is there anywhere i can go to get advice and help with this please. I am very depressed at the moment and don’t want to do anything stupid but i feel like i don’t fit in anywhere at the moment. If you read this please write something on this site.

From K Allen

By: Nigel

Nigel — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:16:16 +0000

Hi, I have an 11 year old nephew who is autistic, and since I’ve now heard a lot about the symptoms/behaviour patterns involved, I have realised that, actually, it sounds like the way I behave!

I’m 45 now, and have had problems with depression since I was about 14, though I’ve never actually had the courage to see anyone about it. I have trouble with social situations, there are only one or two people that I would really call friends, and the number of times I’ve just feigned illness to avoid going to weddings, etc, is anybody’s guess; I have problems if I can’t stick to my usual routines - I always go to the same places by the same route, always have a bath at the same time, etc; and I know I’m obsessive about things, (eg, music - if I like an artist, I have to know everything about them, I have to hear everything they’ve done, you know the drill).

I have had a partner for 18 years and have a son who is 16 this year, and I basically look for a quiet life with them, which is not always easy with a teenage boy of course, just like it’s not easy for them to put up with me sometimes. But for the last twelve (?) years I can see that I’m becoming more and more insular, barely going out at all, and spending nearly all my time with my obsessions.

Anyway, the reason I started this is because I’ve just done the test and scored 39, and am now worried that I was right - I do have a problem. I’m a little frightened of what might happen next if I go to see a doctor. I don’t know whether I want someone to give me advice, or reassure me, or what…..but I do need something…..

PS. Just to let you know that before I posted this I must have re-read and re-typed this eight or ten times…..surely that can’t be “normal”?

By: Laurence

Laurence — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:28:07 +0000

Hello this is laurence again please correct your grammars i diagnosed yesterday and the doctor said i have Aspergers syndrome it figures check your grammars!!!!!! im so crazy about grammars