Other Have others here tried Autism Tests? How did you score?

[InsertCoinsHere]

It’s been suggested by my Trauma therapist that I may be autistic. I have looked over aspergers traits and I do see a commonality. I have been diagnosed with Complex Trauma however a lot of the symptoms do correlate with autism (e.g. sensory overwhelm, social difficulties, isolation..).

I’m going for an autism assessment but it may take a while and it’s quite a long process from what I’ve heard. I’m interested to know have others here tried Autism online tests such as RDOS, SQ, EQ or AQ. In particular I’m interested in the RDOS scores.. all the tests I’ve done score highly likely to be in the Autism spectrum.

The reason I’m asking is that I’m curious to find have others here had similar experiences.. CPTSD in particular fits very closely to how Autism displays itself (e.g. shutdowns/meltdowns and so on). I just want to be cautious and not add another diagnosis to my list when it could simply be a response of dissociation, freeze response and social/interpersonal difficulties due to trauma.

I’m wondering if I have both Complex Trauma and Autism.. Very interested to see how others have scored or their previous experience down this line of inquiry.

Thanks

 

[Friday]

LMFAO :hilarious: :roflmao:

I am very suddenly reminded of why ADHD’ers & Aspies tend to get on like a house on fire!

I don’t know if it adjusted the calculation my score based on my ADHD diagnosis (which it asked for, up front, along with a small handful of other disorders that share symptoms with HFA). I don’t think it did, or it would be lower.

Neurodiverse ( Aspie ) Score - 140/200
Neurotypical Score - 91/200

It says I’m very likely an Aspie.
I’m very definitely NOT. (Although I’m also not neurotypical).
I am ADHD-C. Like, poster child.
Clearly, I also have PTSD ;)

And, yes. I very much see what you meant about trauma symptoms overlapping. About 2/3s of the test was pulling ADHD answers, and the other 1/3 was pulling Trauma answers.

^^^ This is why the DSM has a criterion at the bottom of nearly every disorder that reads something along the lines of - Unless better explained by another disorder or condition. ^^^

 

[mumstheword]

So I just went and took that first test you mentioned and I scored 183 out of 200. I already knew I'm Aspie although I haven't had a formal diagnosis yet .I've taken a bunch of other online tests which all add to my conviction. Also, my dad is Aspie and my son is moderately functioning autistic and will.most.likely always need a supported living sitation and such.
So yeah, I identify as being HFA and having the comorbidity of CPTSD.
I have a recent thread about that here. Called Aspergers?
I have to limit my time on.here in the morning (it's 7.46) as it's affecting my brain and eyes a lot so I'm not going to link it.

 

[Eagle3]

I'm an Aspie with PTSD. One of the things about autism is a diagnosing criteria is the symptoms MUST be present during early childhood. For me, the Asperger's greatly contributed to my PTSD, since my parents often beat me for expressing autistic traits. I have been "off" since before kindergarten, but I definitely have both complex and acute PTSD. It's been fun figuring out which symptoms are explained by which disorder, and how Autism contributes to or exacerbates the trauma.

I've taken the RAADS-R, the EQ, AQ, and a couple of other non-diagnosing quizzes. EVERY one says I'm autistic. I knew this already, no surprise. However, since I'm a female Aspie, I mask it better than most. My AQ is 46, EQ is 8, and RAADS-R is 197, AND I have the early childhood anomalies to boot. All this, and I'm still the healthiest, most capably-functioning person in my household....scary thought!

 

[MrMoonlight]

After reading mum's thread a few days ago I was curious to see if I fell into the spectrum because I related deeply to multiple symptoms. I took an online test for autism and fell at the bottom end of the spectrum.

I'm thinking that's my PTSD overlap as Friday points out.

 

[InsertCoinsHere]

Very interesting responses thank you. It seems PTSD does complicate the scoring system.. As mentioned maybe one of the few ways to distinguish ASD is if the symptoms were apparent prior to the development of PTSD.

As a child I was overwhelmed easily by sensations, and I did attend additional classes within School with a therapist to assist with my delayed writing, reading and articulation of speech.. I had great difficulty in social situations, I don’t feel I ‘got’ what everybody else all seemed to be ‘getting’ and I didn’t know how to initiate or maintain play/conversation with other children. (There are many other characteristics meeting autism similarity e.g. unconventional grasping of pen, pressing too hard when writing, quite intense interests, inability to wear t shirts with tags).

My only counter agreement would be that I was born into a toxic family and who knows what abuse may have happened as a young child.. add in neglect and all other sorts of happenings and I am going to be hyper aware and withdrawn from others from a young age.. When a child isn’t socialised by his family you’re going to end up with an asocial child.

I’ll check out the other Aspie thread for further info, thanks.

On the RDOS test I scored:

Neurodiverse (Aspie) score: 147 of 200
Neurotypica (Non-Autistic) score: 50 of 200

On EQ I scored 30, most individuals on the spectrum score 22 and under, however It is a variable spectrum so I could simply score higher in that area..

Would others discuss how they process empathy? I’ve read that within individuals with ASD affective empathy is intact however cognitive empathy is hindered due to difficulties with ‘theory of mind’..

Also would anyone care to share how they interact in social situations? For myself I don’t intuitively ‘feel’ the interaction, I cognitively notice displays of body language, tone, posture, verbal communication and transcribe it in real time.. often due to all this effort I feel a second behind everyone else. I have to transcribe/convert the information otherwise I don’t know how to respond to the other individual in this scenario.. it’s like all my responses are judged and forced, nothing is natural.

I was amazed when I heard that some others subconsciously pick up on all this information within their environment with others and simply respond appropriately.. a sort of fluent ‘me to you, you to me..’ That hasn’t been my experience socialising at all, it’s always been met with great difficulty and I learned to fit in by mimicking others or mimicking my own past behaviours in that scenario.

Thanks all for the information it’s providing me with great food for thought.

 

[Reflections]

Since an autistic family member was keenly set on labeling me as possibly on the spectrum I've taken some tests in the past which resulted in low scores. I took the test you were most interested in to share the results.

Your neurodiverse (Aspie) score: 78 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 163 of 200
You are very likely neurotypical

My scores are what I expected. Some traits but not really enough to indicate autism. Looking at the graph provided, the highest aspie scores were related to "talent", which I'm guessing has more to do with how I handle my interests and pursuits. So if I understand this right, the most aspie thing about me in how specialized or focused I can be? Which is curious because I wonder why that is or related too.

I have traits that could be seen as autistic, but I think these are better explained by other things like being an HSP, my APD, migrains, anxiety, dissociation, trauma, etc. Like I have trouble with relationships but... that has far more to do with boundaries issues or being taught that emotional abuse is normal. I have trouble looking at people, but only when I'm anxious, feel shame, or not feeling confident which is most of the time in therapy. I hate small talk, I struggle making new friends who don't share my interests, but I can hold conversations and act normal. I had the easiest time making friends as a kid, I often miss those days when friendship was easy.

I am withdrawn but that is definitely related to fear and abuse. I get information overload but I have APD (though this might be related to anxiety/dissociation) and I can get overwhelmed "easily" by pressure and will shut down, but I also grew up in a family who didn't teach emotional regulation skills and feelings weren't really taught or allowed. Dissociation was and still is my main skill. My mother seems to have no clue when to back off and often tries to control me which often causes or agitates these melt downs /shut downs.

I speak in monotone, but funny enough that's only when a certain parts are out. So that's related to dissociation.

I'm a highly tactile person. In therapy I often use toys to help me talk and stay calm, but this has more to do with anxiety and keeping myself grounded. I'm pretty neurotypical when it come to touch especially socially.

If I'm on the spectrum I think it's so mild it doesn't count as a disorder.

Whether there are few traits or loads, I think the whole picture needs to be taken into account.

would anyone care to share how they interact in social situations? For myself I don’t intuitively ‘feel’ the interaction

Sometimes I take note mentally what someone is doing or sounds like, but usually one or two out of the ordinary things, but it's mostly intuitive. I don't put that much thought into it. I'm more likely to be looking at someone's interactions compared to their history/who they are. I may be assessing their motives and intent because grew up with manipulation and no honest communication. I'm not trying to assess their currennt emotional state correctly. Unless anxiety kicks in and I'm over analyzing and trying to mind read others thoughts, feelings, and needs least x, y, z happens 'cause if I miss something I could hurt or lose my friend *insert anxiety spiraling out of control*. I'm highly sensitive to the emotional temp of the room due to abuse, I "have to know". Body language / voice tones will trigger me if it's similar to the abuse I experienced even if it's not abusive. I do "lag" behind socially due to Audio Processing Disorder (APD) because my brain has to translate any missing sounds or words and it can be exhausting. So the added stress of understanding language taxes me, dissociation can make me forget/miss things, anxiety also taxes, rumination distract me, cognitive distortions which effect how I interpret things. I record my sessions due to APD, and I notice how much I miss. I almost wish I recorded video to see how much I miss visually. Text based communication thus is so much easier. This does mean mins or hours later I'll have an "Ah-ha" moment. Oh "I wish I said that instead."

 

[Druidcat]

oh awesome, I love tests.
I found out some things I knew, some things I did not.

My neurodiverse was 164
Neurotypical was 58
Raads was 180
For giggles, I also took the emotional age test and found out I am 22. I wish my body would get that message.
Odd story, in any case, my stepson is autistic with cp and once at a family dinner, I peek over at him and realize that we are both
literally eating the same exact way. I also have sturge weber syndrome, and there has been some studies into the connection that it has to autism.
Very interesting. May mention to t this week. Thank you!

 

[EveHarrington]

I took a test because I revealed my long list of sensitivity issues to my therapist. I don’t have the social type issues though.