*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 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)