Guest guest Posted December 16, 2001 Report Share Posted December 16, 2001 In a message dated 12/16/01 7:36:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, Salli writes: > I got a 10; what did you all get? > > Salli > > > I got a 23, Jim got a 17. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2001 Report Share Posted December 16, 2001 28. > http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html > > > I got a 10; what did you all get? > > Salli > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2001 Report Share Posted December 16, 2001 Marc scored a 23. He was pleased that although he has more AS traits than the average guy he couldn't be classified as AS. I, on the other hand, scored 30. Yikes! Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2001 Report Share Posted December 16, 2001 > I, on the other hand, scored 30. < that's ok, jacquie. i got a 34... " Why is it that everytime I think I know the answers, someone goes and changes the questions?? " - Fox Mulder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2001 Report Share Posted December 16, 2001 I got a 10 also. Kerri AQ test http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html I got a 10; what did you all get? Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 I got a 29....mostly the social questions got me. I don't like being around people very much and do not make friends easily. Go figure! LOL!!! Tamara > >Reply-To: parenting_autism >To: <parenting_autism > >Subject: Re: AQ test >Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 06:43:42 -0500 > >I got a 39. > > http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html > > > I got a 10; what did you all get? > > Salli > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 Good point Raena. I think a lot of social discomfort is something that might accompany having a child that tears the wallpaper off of your friends' homes or throws themself on the floor of the grocery store screaming at age 5...heh. That being said, I don't think it was the social questions that bumped up my score as much as the memory/numbers/detail- oriented thinking questions. I'm not so much anti-social as socially clueless a lot of times; I have a very difficult time discerning people's intentions and am waaaaaaay too trusting of strangers. Duh; I'm a computer programmer for a reason...lol. Cheers, > > > > I got a 10; what did you all get? > > > > Salli > > > Sorry to say...I got a 27. But you know, I think we all have to > remember...our lives are seriously not normal. We might score > differently if we were in a more sane situation...or not. > > I remember one time I took a " Do you have ADHD? " test online, and > scored 14...just a few points off falling into the ADHD range. I > mentioned it to the psychologist, and she said, " Raena, considering > the craziness your life, OF COURSE you're going to score high... " > > Raena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 > > That being said, I don't think it was the social questions that > bumped up my score as much as the memory/numbers/detail- > oriented thinking questions. Well, I do have a good memory and a pretty good memory for numbers or I'd be REALLY low. But I am very social. I remember one day I was in a bad mood and it must have been a while ago because Enrique was in the car with me. I was ordering something from Mc's and chatting with the person at the drive-thru window made me cheerful again. Enrique said, " HOW can talking to some complete stranger for a minute or two put you in a good mood? " I don't know, but it does. I'm not so much anti-social as > socially clueless a lot of times; I have a very difficult time > discerning people's intentions and am waaaaaaay too trusting > of strangers. I can be too trusting sometimes I suppose because I like people and want to think the best of them. But I would tell Lou things about people and he would say, " How can you know that? " He thought I could read minds and liking people and paying attention to them. I like small conversations, I like talking to groups, I like public speaking, I like social chitchat and I like serious conversations. Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 > > > OMG I'm glad to hear that!! After Salli's 10-----I wasn't > about to claim my 32 LOL I'm just glad I'm not all by myself. What's wrong with a 32? Eighty percent of people with autism or relatives of people with autism scored 32 or higher. So what? We all know the genes are there or we wouldn't have the kids we have. Enrique only got a 31. That was nice. Did you notice there was no sensory stuff? Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 > Sorry to say...I got a 27. But you know, I think we all have to > remember...our lives are seriously not normal. We might score > differently if we were in a more sane situation...or not. This is true, I suppose, and especially true of those who may have problems with depression. Depression would certainly take the enjoyment off most social situations. In that case, considering the total insanity of my current circumstances, what would I score in a more sane situation? Minus 2? Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 I got a 29. What does it mean? Tuna --- bunnytiner wrote: I got a 10; what did you all get? Salli ===== ______________________________________________________ Send your holiday cheer with http://greetings.yahoo.ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 I scored VERY high. > > > OMG I'm glad to hear that!! After Salli's 10-----I wasn't > about to claim my 32 LOL I'm just glad I'm not all by myself. What's wrong with a 32? Eighty percent of people with autism or relatives of people with autism scored 32 or higher. So what? We all know the genes are there or we wouldn't have the kids we have. Enrique only got a 31. That was nice. Did you notice there was no sensory stuff? Salli --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 I got a 27.... Penny.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 So, in other words, Jacquie... I am merely the very social version of you. LOL OK - it's clear now. That test was really geared towards social oddities, I noticed.... so it's no wonder you scored that much higher than me. Have you ever scored yourself on the ATEC? Then again... I guess THAT test is not really geared to adults either.... hmmmmmmmmmm again. <good observation, !!!> Grace Re: AQ test > Things that make you go HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM............ (, reading over my shoulder, asked what that word was. I said it. He said, " HMMMMMMM has a lot of 'm's!) > > You two are wild. > So, which questions creamed you? There were so many....the ones that spring to memory immediately: I hate meeting new people. I hate social situations. I hear small noises that nobody else is bothered by. I obsessively collect information. I have no idea what other people's intentions are (I remember saying to marc once, when someone kept calling me all friendly-like, " what does she WANT from me? " I also have had several male 'friends' in my life who shocked and hurt me deeply by trying to ram their tongues down my throat -- I NEVER, NEVER knew that was underlying the 'friendship'). I can remember any telephone number given to me anytime anywhere. I would rather be alone that with other people. I prefer things to people (I based that answer on that I would rather shelve the books at the library than talk to the other library employees). I prefer a library to a party. The list goes on, of course, but I can't remember it all! Jacquie _________________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 > I scored VERY high. < it's ok, you're among friends. now spill it missy " Why is it that everytime I think I know the answers, someone goes and changes the questions?? " - Fox Mulder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 > Mark finds this type of questionaire infuriating because they are too vague. > He wouldn't take it. > Sue: He is probably right. I sent it to an NT mother's list and some of them are finding high-ish scores and sounding worried. Some of them are making kind of good cases too, but still such a test is NOT a true dx of anything. And it is all very subjective too. Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 Salli, I got a 10 also! Sue ---------------------------------------------------- Sign Up for NetZero Platinum Today Only $9.95 per month! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum & refcd=PT97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 Salli, Mark finds this type of questionaire infuriating because they are too vague. He wouldn't take it. Sue ---------------------------------------------------- Sign Up for NetZero Platinum Today Only $9.95 per month! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum & refcd=PT97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 > Well, I do have a good memory and a pretty good memory for numbers or I'd be > REALLY low. But I am very social. Me too, Salli. I had to answer yes to some of the number questions. I don't have an obsession with numbers, but I memorize most phone numbers if someone says it to me, or if I see it in writing. It's become a lot less so since motherhood with a mommy brain, but if and when I pay attention - - it's still there. >I remember one day I was in a bad mood > and it must have been a while ago because Enrique was in the car with me. I > was ordering something from Mc's and chatting with the person at the > drive-thru window made me cheerful again. Enrique said, " HOW can talking to > some complete stranger for a minute or two put you in a good mood? " I don't > know, but it does. That happens to me too. I laugh at myself. The smallest, most meaningless social situation has an uncanny way of making me go back to high mode. That is also why I believe that being friendly and kind in public is sometimes as good as helping other people out in more tangible ways. You never know whose day you made by just saying a nice word or two. I know it has happened to me before. Then I feel so sorry for myself. Sheesh, Grace.... how desperately did you want conversation that the small chat with the cashier put you back in a good mood? LOL!! _________________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 In a message dated 12/16/01 9:51:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, bunnytiner@... writes: > I got a 10; what did you all get? > > 17 Pam Mom to and Conor Check out our webpage and sign our guestbook <A HREF= " http://www.geocities.com/oceangirl65/index.html " >Yahoo! GeoCities - oceangirl65's Home Page</A> For all my swapboard friends...leave feedback here <A HREF= " http://209.164.119.207/55/mom2ri.html " >A1-Traders View User Feedback for MOM2RI@...</A> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 > Well, Jacquie, you were one of the first ones who said that they thought > they were aspergers before. Maybe that is why you and Marc hang in there > together. You both share enough qualities to kind of understand the other? Interestingly enough, when people used to pose to us that question 'why did you get married' or 'how did you know you were the ones for each other', our standard response was, " Of all the people we've met in the world, we hate each other the least. " We do stick together through behaviours that our friends say, " Why didn't you kill him/her???? I could NEVER blah blah blah... " It does seem that we have a unique understanding and different standards of forgiveness than our friends. (the very few we have) Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 OK I got 25 is that good or bad. Lori Re: Re: AQ test > Is 31 good....who was the control group? Autistics? > Should I retire to an assisted living facility? > Ron: 31 is irrelevant. It's good; it's bad. It depends on what you do with your 31. It does happen to be Enrique's score, but obviously you are functioning better than Enrique. The test is NOT a dx; it merely notes certain social traits that are more common among people with autism and family members of people with autism than the non-autistic control group. You have family members with autism so your score is not at all surprising. You're fine, Ron. Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 In a message dated 12/18/2001 3:43:58 PM Central Standard Time, tloggie@... writes: << OK I got 25 is that good or bad. Lori >> I got a 31...according to Salli, she told me not to worry about it....easy for her to say...she's a perfect 10 Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 hubby got a 21 Tuna ===== ______________________________________________________ Send your holiday cheer with http://greetings.yahoo.ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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