(first post)

Thanks to everybody who took part. Now it’s time to see the results. I’ve counted up everyone’s agreements and disagreements (using some amount of reading between the lines. I didn’t count any that were unclear). The ‘autistic’ answer for each statement is indicated with bold type:

statement agree disagree
I often notice small sounds when others do not. 23 0
When I’m reading a story, I find it difficult to work out the characters’ intentions. 5 1
I find it easy to “read between the lines” when someone is talking to me. 0 6
I usually concentrate more on the whole picture, rather than the small details. 0 4
I know how to tell if someone listening to me is getting bored. 2 4
I find it easy to do more than one thing at once. 1 4
I find it easy to work out what someone is thinking or feeling just by looking at their face. 1 5
If there is an interruption, I can switch back to what I was doing very quickly. 3 4
I like to collect information about categories of things. 5 2
I find it difficult to work out people’s intentions. 4 0

So, lemmy.world/autism picked the autistic option every time and scored a perfect 10/10. Interestingly, if we weight it proportionately according to how many picked each option, we only get 6.2, barely over the threshold.

Scores of 6 or over indicate possible autism spectrum disorder, so lemmy.world/autism should seriously consider the possibility that they may be autistic.

(Personally, I got 8. Go me!)

My intentions for running this test was it would be interesting and fun, and I think it was (One respondent was concerned I might have some undisclosed professional interest - I don’t, but thanks for looking out for the community). I think the main takeaway is that interpreting self-report questions can be really hard.

Should I do another? If so, should I do anything differently?

  • Krafty Kactus@sopuli.xyz
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    7 months ago

    This is what I HATE about tests! It’s always stuff like “do people often say that you…”.

    Like, I don’t know if they do! I never really pay attention to what people say about me in general.