Re: Has anyone taken the Empathy Quotient test?

January 21, 2011

I am certainly glad that I got a diagnosis. And it helps not only with

understanding my past, but also I keep discovering things in the present ( " So

THAT'S why I feel like that ... " ).

I am in the early stages of CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy) for 4S, having

completed a diagnostic assessment for Asperger's syndrome. My psychologist has a

fair degree of experience with people with sensory sensitivity, because 70-85%

of people with Asperger's have some kind of sensory sensitivity, usually

including sound sensitivity (hyperacusis, or less frequently 4S).

He was telling me this week about a client with ADHD and " proprioceptive

sensitivity " (sensitivity problems with the placement and movements of the

limbs, etc). The client couldn't sit still in the office, so they went for a

walk and ended up in the only place that the client felt comfortable:

psychologist and client both hanging upside down from a tree branch in the

nearby park!

So I reckon he does understand unusual sensory problems - and he also

specialises in Asperger's syndrome.

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> >> >> > > > I just took the test with a score of 17! This tends to confirm my

> >> >> self-diagnosis of Asperger's. Average Aspie score is 20 with lower

> >> >> showing a higher tendacy for AS.

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January 21, 2011