Ugh, 31. I’m on the thin border of being Autistic and normal…..
Anyone involved with geeks will know that we share many character traits with those suffering Asperger syndrome: obsessive attention to detail, social awkwardness, and some difficulty relating to other people. A few years ago, I ran across a test used to diagnose Asperger syndrome, and was surprised to note that it seems like a thumbnail description of your average geek.
Being a geek, I decided to port the test from dead trees to PHP and Javascript. You can find your AQ by filling in the form below.
Note: This test has been developed using Firefox 2.x and tested on IE7. If you are not using one of those browsers, and hey, even if you are: caveat typor. There has been at least one report of Safari users being unable to see their results.
What's your AQ?
Cambridge psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and others designed this test, published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2001. This test was devised from a Globe and Mail article.
Choose your response to each question: Definitely agree, slightly agree, slightly disagree or definitely disagree.
The test assesses five different areas. Autistic-like responses will show poor social skill, attention switching, communication and imagination, and an exaggerated attention to detail. In other words, geekiness. You scored XXX. The ranking below provides some idea of where that AQ fits in.
| Score | ||
| Scores over 32 are generally taken to indicate Asperger's Syndrome or high-functioning autism, with more than 34 an "extreme" score. | ||
| 31 | ||
| 30 | ||
| 29 | ||
| 28 | ||
| 27 | ||
| 26 | ||
| 25 | ||
| 24 | Average math contest winner | |
| 23 | ||
| 22 | ||
| 21 | Average male or female computer scientist | |
| 20 | ||
| 19 | Average male scientist, and average male or female physicist | |
| 18 | Average man | |
| 17 | Average female scientist | |
| 16 | ||
| 15 | Average woman, and average male or female biologist | |
| 14 | ||
| 13 | ||

(49)WOOW I ALWAYS KNEW I WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND IDIOSYNCRATIC BUT I DON’T WANT A CURE I AM ME LOL