*sighs*

[conuly]

*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*

Comments

[celticess.livejournal.com]

I think some ADD/ADHD would also score within a certain range on the AQ. Though for several years they were using the Connor Scales.(my son used to be dx ADHD, my ex husband fits adult ADHD, and an ex boyfriend was Aspergers and ADHD) Alot of "things" if you will can cross grey lines and appear like something they aren't. Some people are just active temperment and not ADHD and some people have autistic features but aren't.

My current boyfriend for example has at points rocked, he stares into space in his own little world, he rarely talks in person, and he perfers social isolation. However he's just a shy geek and isn't autistic. Though there was a time I wondered if he was ADHD or ADHD like because he can fidgit/can't sit still very well when he's away from me.(I've observed this on a webcam and he's admitted I have a calming effect on him)

[deathchibi.livejournal.com]

Well, I fidget. I pace back and forth. When I'm chatting online, I often get up to walk back and forth and come back in time to get a reply done. I type like a lemur on speed. ADD didn't occur to me, though. I just think I'm weird. ^^;

[celticess.livejournal.com]

I know ADHD all too well as my son was one of the severest cases in BC, Canada. I managed to help him learn to cope and that label was removed when he was around 6. But he was diagnosed by 3 docs at 2 and one was a developmental pediatrician and the other 2 regular pediatricians. Also dyslexics in my family. There are coping skills people can get. Also people can have aspects of ADHD/ADD without actually having it sort of like how people can have autistic features but not autism.

One thing though that can seem like ADHD or be a subgroup is a thyroid dysfunction. A simple blood test can tell for sure and there is medication to help it because the thryoid can cause other issues and the hyper/hypo activity is just a symptom of part of what is going on. The test if your curious is the T4/T3. There are also limited/specific allergy reactions that can cause issues too as I knew 2 kids that would go hyper on exposure to a small group of substances. Though I think the vast majority of ADHD is other things (inheritance, birth trauma, etc)