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*reads the comments*
Every time. EVERY TIME somebody finds this and takes the test, their friends take it too - and then pop up with their results, asking "what does this mean"? Look. Unless your score was very high (above 35) it doesn't mean anything. There's a reason the AQ test isn't used for diagnostic purposes. It is completely possible to be NT and get a fairly high score. It's possible to be on the spectrum and score under the mystical cut-off of 32. It's possibly even possible to be on the spectrum and get a relatively low score. The numbers don't mean anything by themselves. If you're really curious about what your score means, get a book or an internet connection or something and research the autistic spectrum instead of asking "what does this mean, what does this mean". Nobody can tell you what a score of 17, or 20, or 26 means.
*sits and waits to be told what those scores mean*
Every time. EVERY TIME somebody finds this and takes the test, their friends take it too - and then pop up with their results, asking "what does this mean"? Look. Unless your score was very high (above 35) it doesn't mean anything. There's a reason the AQ test isn't used for diagnostic purposes. It is completely possible to be NT and get a fairly high score. It's possible to be on the spectrum and score under the mystical cut-off of 32. It's possibly even possible to be on the spectrum and get a relatively low score. The numbers don't mean anything by themselves. If you're really curious about what your score means, get a book or an internet connection or something and research the autistic spectrum instead of asking "what does this mean, what does this mean". Nobody can tell you what a score of 17, or 20, or 26 means.
*sits and waits to be told what those scores mean*
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Date: 2005-01-06 10:42 pm (UTC)One thing I do know from personal experience is that damage to the occipital lobe in some cases can cause autistic like things to appear. My daughter was typical but after her brain surgery for cancer they had done some damage to the occipital lobe. They warned us of the possible outcomes. Handedness can give a hint but to some extent she was ambidextrious. In the end she ended up concrete, literal, pronoun reversals, blurting out things, etc. She wasn't like that til the injury from surgery. Though the surgery had helped deal with other behaviours caused by high cranial pressure from the tumours.
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Date: 2005-01-07 12:46 am (UTC)I love knowitall NT's-- not.
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Date: 2005-01-07 02:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-07 02:37 am (UTC)http://www.livejournal.com/users/zoethe/291383.html?view=4451383#t4451383
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Date: 2005-01-07 02:42 am (UTC)I didn't have the knowledge or the words.