Re: AQ test

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i got a 17...

nancy

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I got a 12

> I got a 34!

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> ellen

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> AQ test

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> I got a 7.

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> Salli

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where can i get a link to this AQ test? i checked the message archieves and

can't find the original message?????

michelle

AQ test

I got a 7.

Salli

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http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html

ellen

Re: AQ test

where can i get a link to this AQ test? i checked the message archieves

and can't find the original message?????

michelle

AQ test

I got a 7.

Salli

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thanks maryellen!

i scored 8 by the way.

michelle

AQ test

I got a 7.

Salli

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Hey, for the first time in my life, I'm a 10!

Sue

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I got a 31. I got a 31 the last time I took it.

Debbie

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LOL Jacquie. I did the same thing ... was much more careful about

answering. And my score came out exactly the same.

Debbie

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i got a 32. i think the last time i got a 34. hmmm

" Something important to remember...we'll always be who we are. " - Mr.

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> I got a 7.

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> Salli

No, really?

ROTFLMAO.

Jacquie

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BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I took a LOT of time answering the quiz thoughtfully and carefully this

time, and felt that my score of 43 would probably be lowered.

This time I scored 44.

Jacquie

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> > I got a 7.

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> > Salli

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> No, really?

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> ROTFLMAO.

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And I gave some answers that I thought were probably pretty autistic:

obsessive interests, good at numbers, phone numbers whatever. I suppose

those were the seven...oh, well.

Enrique gave some very NT answers too; he loves fiction; he finds story

writing easy. However some of his answers were not accurate; he does not

realize how much monologue he gives us!

I could not get to take the test; I think he was afraid he might

turn out to be an Aspie too!

Salli

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But you have the lowest score on the list!

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Re: AQ test

> What? Are you the most normal person here?

>

Well, I don't know about normal, but definitely not AS!

Salli

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12 here too.

Tina

> > I got a 34!

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> > ellen

> > I got a 7.

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> > Salli

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> Enrique gave some very NT answers too; he loves fiction; he finds story

> writing easy. However some of his answers were not accurate; he does not

> realize how much monologue he gives us!

Yeah, loving fiction was one of my (obviously very few) totally NT hours.

PLUS, I would MUCH rather go to the theatre than to a museum. And I forget

phone numbers.

The questions that buried me were all the social situation and pretending

questions. And I DO talk so much other people have a problem getting a word

in edgewise. :-)

Jacquie

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> Yeah, loving fiction was one of my (obviously very few) totally NT hours.

Why did I type " hours " ? That was supposed to be " answers " .

Jacquie

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> I can't possibly be a 43. All you people -- am I a 43?

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Sure, why not?

Enrique would be one too if he just realized that he DOES monopolize

conversations, it is impossible to get a word in edgewise with him and many

other answers that he but done as somewhat which should have been definite.

I find people with various forms of autism quite charming (this has been

made clear to me now) so I don't have a problem with you getting a 43 as

long as you don't.

Salli

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> I can't possibly be a 43. All you people -- am I a 43?

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> Jacquie

It says I'm a 41 and I don't believe it.

Tina W.

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I can't possibly be a 43. All you people -- am I a 43?

Jacquie

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> I find people with various forms of autism quite charming (this has been

> made clear to me now) so I don't have a problem with you getting a 43 as

> long as you don't.

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> Salli

I don't! But it just seems too easy, you know? No, probably you don't know.

It's like, well, an Aspie dx would answer so many questions and fill in so

many blanks, sometimes I wonder if I'm subconsciously making myself into

one. I mean, I know I feel the way I feel, but I wonder if I'm not

exaggerating it to myself somehow. Maybe I'm skewing my answers without

even realizing I'm doing it.

OTOH, I do know that I'm not like most people I meet. I'm " book smart and

street stupid " , as my high-school friends used to say. In college, I once

described myself to someone as " a golden retreiver puppy bouncing and

banging and stumbling through a world of sleek black cats " .

I guess I'm just looking for some outside validation that I'm not just

making this up about myself. I suppose I'm looking to you guys to dx me, or

confirm my own dx, because I certainly don't have another $800 to get

psychometric testing for myself and my feeling about psychiatrists is that

they don't listen, they just look for the buzzwords they need to hear to

medicate. (it was my GP, an incredible listener, who dx'd me with bipolar,

but ASD is out of her range)

I just don't like loose ends. Sometimes I feel like a big loose end. :-/

Jacquie

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Jacquie, I think your answer lies in your past. That comment you made

in college was not an " analyzed " statement, it was just how you felt.

At that young age if you already felt that way then I think you can save

your $800.

I used to tell people that Jake was the most anti-social baby in the

world. And then I would laugh about it. It was the most telling thing

and even though I was saying that to people, I didn't know the import of

it. I should have known though, of all people, *I* should have known.

I was around babies constantly. I knew that babies love faces, babies

love people. Babies prefer a human face to a toy or stuffed animal. A

baby that doesn't even know a stranger will give the most beaming smile

if that stranger will just pay a little attention to the baby. My baby

didn't do these things. I should have known.

As someone who scored a 13 on the test, I think I can pick out a 43.

You do sound like a 43. Not that that's a bad thing. (as they used to

say on " Seinfeld " - do you remember that one?) Anyway, some of my best

friends are on the Spectrum. :-) Be who you are. You are a lovely

person. You also must have an extremely high IQ because as I've said

before, you are one of the most " self-aware " people I've ever met.

~ Karin

The Hunny Family wrote:

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> > I find people with various forms of autism quite charming (this has been

> > made clear to me now) so I don't have a problem with you getting a 43 as

> > long as you don't.

> >

> > Salli

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> I don't! But it just seems too easy, you know? No, probably you don't know.

> It's like, well, an Aspie dx would answer so many questions and fill in so

> many blanks, sometimes I wonder if I'm subconsciously making myself into

> one. I mean, I know I feel the way I feel, but I wonder if I'm not

> exaggerating it to myself somehow. Maybe I'm skewing my answers without

> even realizing I'm doing it.

>

> OTOH, I do know that I'm not like most people I meet. I'm " book smart and

> street stupid " , as my high-school friends used to say. In college, I once

> described myself to someone as " a golden retreiver puppy bouncing and

> banging and stumbling through a world of sleek black cats " .

>

> I guess I'm just looking for some outside validation that I'm not just

> making this up about myself. I suppose I'm looking to you guys to dx me, or

> confirm my own dx, because I certainly don't have another $800 to get

> psychometric testing for myself and my feeling about psychiatrists is that

> they don't listen, they just look for the buzzwords they need to hear to

> medicate. (it was my GP, an incredible listener, who dx'd me with bipolar,

> but ASD is out of her range)

>

> I just don't like loose ends. Sometimes I feel like a big loose end. :-/

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> Jacquie

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Jacquie,

You're description of yourself from your high school friends is your

diagnosis. Then your mom confirmed it when she read the description of

Aspergers and told you all the things you did as a child. You have to be

very intelligent to have made it through life this far with no intervention.

Your mom was also a very smart cookie to have helped you get through this

far. You don't need a Ph.D. to diagnose you, hon, you have already been

diagnosed by the experts here and at home who know more about you than any

so called professional ever will!

Now, go tie yourself up and no more loose ends!

( I'm imagining your visual image of that phrase right now ;-0 )

Love ya!

Sue

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> Jacquie, I think your answer lies in your past. That comment you made

> in college was not an " analyzed " statement, it was just how you felt.

> At that young age if you already felt that way then I think you can save

> your $800.

As strange as it may sound, I needed to hear that. Thanks!

> As someone who scored a 13 on the test, I think I can pick out a 43.

> You do sound like a 43. Not that that's a bad thing. (as they used to

> say on " Seinfeld " - do you remember that one?)

Hated Seinfeld. :-p

Anyway, some of my best

> friends are on the Spectrum. :-) Be who you are. You are a lovely

> person. You also must have an extremely high IQ because as I've said

> before, you are one of the most " self-aware " people I've ever met.

I'm lovely? Thanks!

As for my IQ, I don't qualify for Mensa like my dh AND my son...in my house,

I'm the unintelligent one! LOL. But apparently mine is higher than your

average person walking the street. My mom and I both have IQs of 130. Of

course, we're also both on antidepressants, my dh has been, and my son is

autistic. Sometimes I think the higher the IQ, the more aware you are that

life really SUCKS! LOL.

Jacquie

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> ( I'm imagining your visual image of that phrase right now ;-0 )

> Love ya!

> Sue

LMAO because you're absolutely right!

Face hurting,

Jacquie

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> You're description of yourself from your high school friends is your

> diagnosis. Then your mom confirmed it when she read the description of

> Aspergers and told you all the things you did as a child.

She read the ASD lunches post I sent (I sent it to her as well) and reminded

me that my school lunch every day was a toasted bacon sandwich she had to

make fresh every morning. :-)

You have to be

> very intelligent to have made it through life this far with no

intervention.

> Your mom was also a very smart cookie to have helped you get through this

> far.

My mom is a very very VERY social person. And a very sensitive and talky

person who always made me talk about how I was feeling. I think that helped

so much. She would just listen to me babble until I finally realized what

it was that was bothering me or what I needed to do.

I remember really confusing her once (looking back, I must have hurt her).

I was VERY upset about something, almost hysterical, and she went to hug me

and I screamed " DON'T TOUCH ME! " Try as I might to explain that if she

touched me then it would make it worse, I knew she didn't understand. :-(

We were talking about all this this morning and I said to her that I give

her a LOT of credit, because if I had to raise without having a clue

about why he acted the way he does I'd go utterly insane.

You don't need a Ph.D. to diagnose you, hon, you have already been

> diagnosed by the experts here and at home who know more about you than any

> so called professional ever will!

Thanks. Can't tell you how much better that makes me feel. :-)

Jacquie