Wired 9.12: Take The AQ Test
Issue 9.12 | Dec 2001
Take The AQ Test
Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. 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.
Issue 9.12 | Dec 2001
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Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. 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.
| Definitely agree | Slightly agree | Slightly disagree | Definitely disagree | ||
| 1 | I prefer to do things with others rather than on my own. | ||||
| 2 | I prefer to do things the same way over and over again. | ||||
| 3 | If I try to imagine something, I find it very easy to create a picture in my mind. | ||||
| 4 | I frequently get so strongly absorbed in one thing that I lose sight of other things. | ||||
| 5 | I often notice small sounds when others do not. | ||||
| 6 | I usually notice car number plates or similar strings of information. |
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