{"id":311659,"date":"2025-11-22T17:04:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alternative-medicine\/microblog-are-you-autistic-or-just-a-bit-awkward-take-this-test\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T17:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:04:23","slug":"microblog-are-you-autistic-or-just-a-bit-awkward-take-this-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=311659","title":{"rendered":"Microblog: Are you autistic? Or just a bit awkward? Take this test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Am I autistic, or am I just bad at social chitchat and a bit obsessive?<br \/>Is my husband autistic, or does he just like documentaries about modifying cars? <br \/>Surely I can\u2019t be the only one who\u2019s pondered questions like these.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that there\u2019s an actually an easy, free, instant way to find out. Or at least to give you a good indication that you could need to explore the possibility.<\/p>\n<p>There is a proper, <strong>validated questionnaire<\/strong>. It was devised by <strong>Professor Simon Baron-Cohen<\/strong>, leading autism researcher, and his team at Cambridge University.  (Yes, he is the cousin of <em>Ali G<\/em>, aka Sacha Baron Cohen).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s called the <strong>Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ)<\/strong>. AQ, a bit like IQ, but for autistic-type traits. The standard version has <strong>50 questions<\/strong> and gives you a score at the end.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve just taken it myself and discovered that I really am just socially awkward and a little obsessive. Ok, quite obsessive.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psychology-tools.com\/test\/autism-spectrum-quotient\">\ud83d\udc49 <strong>Take the test here <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That version is known as the <strong>AQ-50<\/strong>, but there\u2019s also a <strong>shorter screening test<\/strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/embrace-autism.com\/aq-10\/#test\">AQ-10<\/a><\/strong>, often used by clinicians.<\/p>\n<p>There are also versions for younger people:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autismresearchcentre.com\/tests\/autism-spectrum-quotient-aq-child\/\">Child AQ (4\u201311 years)<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 50 questions, to be filled out by parents. <br \/>A brief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinical-partners.co.uk\/images\/forms\/AQ-10_for_children_aged_4-11.pdf\">10 question<\/a> version is also available.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autismresearchcentre.com\/tests\/autism-spectrum-quotient-aq-adolescent\/\">Adolescent AQ (12\u201315 years)<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 50 questions, completed by parents.<\/p>\n<p>Just a short one this week, as I\u2019m putting all my energy into trying to figure out how to film interviews and put them on here. <br \/>But I thought this was terrifically useful. <br \/>Next time you, or your patients, feel some concern over whether they or someone they know is autistic, this is a really handy starting point.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading, hope this is useful in your practice<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Am I autistic, or am I just bad at social chitchat and a bit obsessive?Is my husband autistic, or does he just like documentaries about modifying cars? 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