Aspergers test for women


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Question 1

I prefer to do things on my own, rather than with others.

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Slightly disagree
  • Definitely disagree

Question 2

I prefer doing things the same way - for instance my morning routine or trip to the supermarket

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Slightly disagree
  • Definitely disagree

Question 3

I find myself becoming strongly absorbed in something – even obsessional

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Definitely disagree

Question 4

I am very sensitive to noise and will wear earplugs or cover my ears in certain situations

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Definitely disagree

Question 5

Sometimes people say I am being rude, even though I think I am being polite.

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Definitely disagree

Question 6

I find it easy to imagine what characters from a book might look like.

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Definitely disagree

Question 7

I find it easy to talk in groups of people

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Definitely disagree

Question 8

I am more interested in finding out about ‘things’ than people

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Slightly disagree
  • Definitely disagree

Question 9

I find numbers, dates and strings of information fascinating

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Slightly disagree
  • Definitely disagree

Question 10

I prefer non-fiction books and films to fiction

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Definitely disagree

Question 11

I find it upsetting if my daily routine is upset or changed

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Definitely disagree

Question 12

It’s difficult for me to understand other people’s facial expression and body language

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Definitely disagree

Question 13

I don’t have any problems making small talk with new people

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Definitely disagree

Question 14

I notice very small changes in a person’s appearance

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Definitely disagree

Question 15

When I was young I used to play lots of ‘let’s pretend’ or imaginary games

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  • Definitely disagree

Question 16

I like collecting information about things I am interested in

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Definitely disagree

Question 17

I like meeting new people

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Slightly disagree
  • Definitely disagree

Question 18

People close to me say I talk about the same things repeatedly

  • Definitely Agree
  • Slightly Agree
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  • Definitely disagree

Question 19

I find it easy to work out what people are thinking or feeling just by looking at their facial expressions

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Slightly disagree
  • Definitely disagree

Question 20

New social situations make me feel anxious

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Definitely disagree

Question 21

It’s important to me to carefully plan any activities I am going to do

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Definitely disagree

Question 22

I find it hard to work out what people’s intentions are

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Question 23

I would find it really hard to play imaginary games with children

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Question 24

I am a good diplomat and can help ease difficult social or work situations

  • Definitely Agree
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Question 25

I am often the last person to understand a joke

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Question 26

I like doing things spontaneously

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Question 27

If I am interrupted doing something I find it hard to get back to what I was doing before hand

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  • Definitely disagree

Question 28

I notice patterns in things all the time

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Definitely disagree

Question 29

I have some very strong interests and get upset if I can’t pursue them

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Slightly disagree
  • Definitely disagree

Question 30

I can tell if someone I am talking to is getting bored

  • Definitely Agree
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  • Slightly disagree
  • Definitely disagree

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When answering the above questions please consider how much the statements apply to you.

The above 30 questions may be useful to understand if you are experiencing some of the common behaviours and thoughts associated with being on the Autistic Spectrum. The questions are based on an evidence-based screening tool – the Autism Spectrum Quotient – but are indicative only and do not form a formal diagnosis.

References: S. Baron-Cohen, S. Wheelwright, R. Skinner, J. Martin and E. Clubley, (2001) The Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) : Evidence from Asperger Syndrome/High Functioning Autism, Males and Females, Scientists and Mathematicians Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 31:5-17

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Samantha Craft's Unofficial Checklist: Females and Autism / Aspergers

This list is meant as a springboard for discussion and more awareness into the female experience with autism.

By Samantha Craft

Females with Autism: An Unofficial List

Section A: Deep Thinkers

  1. A deep thinker
  2. A prolific writer drawn to poetry
  3. *Highly intelligent
  4. Sees things at multiple levels, including her own thinking processes
  5. Analyzes existence, the meaning of life, and everything, continually
  6. Serious and matter-of-fact in nature
  7. Doesn’t take things for granted
  8. Doesn’t simplify
  9. Everything is complex
  10. Often gets lost in own thoughts and “checks out” (blank stare)

Section B: Innocent

  1. Naïve
  2. Honest
  3. Experiences trouble with lying
  4. Finds it difficult to understand manipulation and disloyalty
  5. Finds it difficult to understand vindictive behavior and retaliation
  6. Easily fooled and conned
  7. Feelings of confusion and being overwhelmed
  8. Feelings of being misplaced and/or from another planet
  9. Feelings of isolation
  10. Abused or taken advantage of as a child but didn’t think to tell anyone

Section C: Escape and Friendship

  1. Survives overwhelming emotions and senses by escaping in thought or action
  2. Escapes regularly through fixations, obsessions, and over-interest in subjects
  3. Escapes routinely through imagination, fantasy, and daydreaming
  4. Escapes through mental processing
  5. Escapes through the rhythm of words
  6. Philosophizes, continually
  7. Had imaginary friends in youth
  8. Imitates people on television or in movies
  9. Treated friends as “pawns” in youth; e. g., friends were “students” “consumers” “members”
  10. Makes friends with older or younger females more so than friends her age (often in young adulthood)
  11. Imitates friends or peers in style, dress, attitude, interests, and manner (sometimes speech)
  12. Obsessively collects and organizes objects
  13. Mastered imitation
  14. Escapes by playing the same music over and over
  15. Escapes through a relationship (imagined or real)
  16. Numbers bring ease (could be numbers associated with patterns, calculations, lists, time and/or personification)
  17. Escapes through counting, categorizing, organizing, rearranging
  18. Escapes into other rooms at parties
  19. Cannot relax or rest without many thoughts
  20. Everything has a purpose

Section D: Comorbid Attributes

  1. OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
  2. Sensory Issues (sight, sound, texture, smells, taste) (might have Synthesia)
  3. Generalized Anxiety
  4. Sense of pending danger or doom
  5. Feelings of polar extremes (depressed/over-joyed; inconsiderate/over-sensitive)
  6. Poor muscle tone, double-jointed, and/or lack in coordination (may have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and/or Hypotonia and/or POTS syndrome)
  7. Eating disorders, food obsessions, and/or worry about what is eaten
  8. Irritable bowel and/or intestinal issues
  9. Chronic fatigue and/or immune challenges
  10. Misdiagnosed or diagnosed with a mental illness
  11. Experiences multiple physical symptoms, perhaps labeled “hypochondriac”
  12. Questions place in the world
  13. Often drops small objects
  14. Wonders who she is and what is expected of her
  15. Searches for right and wrong
  16. Since puberty has had bouts of depression (may have PMDD)
  17. Flicks/rubs fingernails, picks scalp/skin, flaps hands, rubs hands together, tucks hands under or between legs, keeps closed fists, paces in circles, and/or clears throat often

Section E: Social Interaction

  1. Friends have ended friendship suddenly (without female with AS understanding why) and/or difficult time making friends
  2. Tendency to overshare
  3. Spills intimate details to strangers
  4. Raised hand too much in class or didn’t participate in class
  5. Little impulse control with speaking when younger
  6. Monopolizes conversation at times
  7. Brings subject back to self
  8. Comes across at times as narcissistic and controlling (is not narcissistic)
  9. Shares in order to reach out
  10. Often sounds eager and over-zealous or apathetic and disinterested
  11. Holds a lot of thoughts, ideas, and feelings inside
  12. Feels as if she is attempting to communicate “correctly”
  13. Obsesses about the potentiality of a relationship with someone, particularly a love interest or feasible new friendship
  14. Confused by the rules of accurate eye contact, tone of voice, proximity of body, body stance, and posture in conversation
  15. Conversation are often exhausting
  16. Questions the actions and behaviors of self and others, continually
  17. Feels as if missing a conversation “gene” or thought-filter
  18. Trained self in social interactions through readings and studying of other people
  19. Visualizes and practices how she will act around others
  20. Practices/rehearses in mind what she will say to another before entering the room
  21. Difficulty filtering out background noise when talking to others
  22. Has a continuous dialogue in mind that tells her what to say and how to act when in a social situation
  23. Sense of humor sometimes seems quirky, odd, inappropriate, or different from others
  24. As a child it was hard to know when it was her turn to talk
  25. Finds norms of conversation confusing
  26. Finds unwritten and unspoken rules difficult to grasp, remember, and apply

Section F: Finds Refuge when Alone

  1. Feels extreme relief when she doesn’t have to go anywhere, talk to anyone, answer calls, or leave the house but at the same time will often harbor guilt for “hibernating” and not doing “what everyone else is doing”
  2. One visitor at the home may be perceived as a threat (this can even be a familiar family member)
  3. Knowing logically a house visitor is not a threat, but that doesn’t relieve the anxiety
  4. Feelings of dread about upcoming events and appointments on the calendar
  5. Knowing she has to leave the house causes anxiety from the moment she wakes up
  6. All the steps involved in leaving the house are overwhelming and exhausting to think about
  7. She prepares herself mentally for outings, excursions, meetings, and appointments, often days before a scheduled event
  8. OCD tendencies when it comes to concepts of time, being on time, tracking time, recording time, and managing time (could be carried over to money, as well)
  9. Questions next steps and movements, continually
  10. Sometimes feels as if she is on stage being watched and/or a sense of always having to act out the “right” steps, even when she is home alone
  11. Telling self the “right” words and/or positive self-talk (CBT) doesn’t typically alleviate anxiety. CBT may cause increased feelings of inadequacy.
  12. Knowing she is staying home all day brings great peace of mind
  13. Requires a large amount of down time or alone time
  14. Feels guilty after spending a lot of time on a special interest
  15. Uncomfortable in public locker rooms, bathrooms, and/or dressing rooms
  16. Dislikes being in a crowded mall, crowded gym, and/or crowded theater

Section G: Sensitive

  1. Sensitive to sounds, textures, temperature, and/or smells when trying to sleep
  2. Adjusts bedclothes, bedding, and/or environment in an attempt to find comfort
  3. Dreams are anxiety-ridden, vivid, complex, and/or precognitive in nature
  4. Highly intuitive to others’ feelings
  5. Highly empathetic, sometimes to the point of confusion
  6. Takes criticism to heart
  7. Longs to be seen, heard, and understood
  8. Questions if she is a “normal” person
  9. Highly susceptible to outsiders’ viewpoints and opinions
  10. At times adapts her view of life or actions based on others’ opinions or words
  11. Recognizes own limitations in many areas daily, if not hourly
  12. Becomes hurt when others question or doubt her work
  13. Views many things as an extension of self
  14. Fears others opinions, criticism, and judgment
  15. Dislikes words and events that hurt animals and people
  16. Collects or rescues animals (often in childhood)
  17. Huge compassion for suffering (sometimes for inanimate objects/personification)
  18. Sensitive to substances (environmental toxins, foods, alcohol, medication, hormones, etc. )
  19. Tries to help, offers unsolicited advice, or formalizes plans of action
  20. Questions life purpose and how to be a “better” person
  21. Seeks to understand abilities, skills, and/or gifts

Section H: Sense of Self

  1. Feels trapped between wanting to be herself and wanting to fit in
  2. Imitates others without realizing it
  3. Suppresses true wishes (often in young adulthood)
  4. Exhibits codependent behaviors (often in young adulthood)
  5. Adapts self in order to avoid ridicule
  6. Rejects social norms and/or questions social norms
  7. Feelings of extreme isolation
  8. Feeling good about self takes a lot of effort and work
  9. Switches preferences based on environment and other people
  10. Switches behavior based on environment and other people
  11. Didn’t care about her hygiene, clothes, and appearance before teenage years and/or before someone else pointed these out to her
  12. “Freaks out” but doesn’t know why until later
  13. Young sounding voice
  14. Trouble recognizing what she looks like and/or has occurrences of slight prosopagnosia (difficulty recognizing or remembering faces)
  15. Feels significantly younger on the inside than on the outside (perpetually twelve)

Section I: Confusion

  1. Had a hard time learning that others are not always honest
  2. Feelings seem confusing, illogical, and unpredictable (self’s and others’)
  3. Confuses appointment times, numbers, and/or dates
  4. Expects that by acting a certain way certain results can be achieved, but realizes in dealing with emotions, those results don’t always manifest
  5. Spoke frankly and literally in youth
  6. Jokes go over the head
  7. Confused when others ostracize, shun, belittle, trick, and betray
  8. Trouble identifying feelings unless they are extreme
  9. Trouble with emotions of hate and dislike
  10. Feels sorry for someone who has persecuted or hurt her
  11. Personal feelings of anger, outrage, deep love, fear, giddiness, and anticipation seem to be easier to identify than emotions of joy, satisfaction, calmness, and serenity
  12. Difficulty recognizing how extreme emotions (outrage, deep love) will affect her and challenges transferring what has been learned about emotions from one situation to the next
  13. Situations and conversations sometimes perceived as black or white
  14. The middle spectrum of outcomes, events, and emotions is sometimes overlooked or misunderstood (all or nothing mentality)
  15. A small fight might signal the end of a relationship or collapse of world
  16. A small compliment might boost her into a state of bliss

Section J: Words, Numbers, and Patterns

  1. Likes to know word origins and/or origin of historical facts/root cause and foundation
  2. Confused when there is more than one meaning (or spelling) to a word
  3. High interest in songs and song lyrics
  4. Notices patterns frequently
  5. Remembers things in visual pictures
  6. Remembers exact details about someone’s life
  7. Has a remarkable memory for certain details
  8. Writes or creates to relieve anxiety
  9. Has certain “feelings” or emotions towards words and/or numbers
  10. Words and/or numbers bring a sense of comfort and peace, akin to a friendship

(Optional) Executive Functioning & Motor Skills  This area isn’t always as evident as other areas

  1. Simple tasks can cause extreme hardship
  2. Learning to drive a car or rounding the corner in a hallway can be troublesome
  3. New places offer their own set of challenges
  4. Anything that requires a reasonable amount of steps, dexterity, or know-how can rouse a sense of panic
  5. The thought of repairing, fixing, or locating something can cause anxiety
  6. Mundane tasks are avoided
  7. Cleaning self and home may seem insurmountable
  8. Many questions come to mind when setting about to do a task
  9. Might leave the house with mismatched socks, shirt buttoned incorrectly, and/or have dyslexia and/or dysgraphia
  10. A trip to the grocery store can be overwhelming
  11. Trouble copying dance steps, aerobic moves, or direction in a sports gym class
  12. Has a hard time finding certain objects in the house but remembers with exact clarity where other objects are; not being able to locate something or thinking about locating something can cause feelings of intense anxiety (object permanence challenges), even with something as simple as opening an envelope

This unofficial checklist can be copied for therapists, counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, professors, teachers, and relatives, if Samantha Craft’s name and contact information remain on the print out. This list was created in 2012 and updated in May, 2016.

Disclaimer: This is my opinion and based on my experience after 12 years of researching about autism and being officially diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. It is not meant to replace the DSM-V Autism Spectrum Disorder definition nor is this list meant to serve as an official diagnostic tool. Hundreds of women have used this list in conjunction with the DSM-IV or DSM-V and a professional mental health professional’s guidance. It is also based on 4.5 years of communicating almost daily with those that are diagnosed with autism and some that believe themselves to be on the spectrum. It is not all inclusive. Some will fit into categories and not be autistic/Asperian. This is meant as a springboard for discussion and more awareness into the female experience with autism.

This is an unofficial checklist created by an adult female with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) who has a son with Asperger’s Syndrome. Samantha Craft has a Masters Degree in Education. Samantha Craft does not hold a doctorate in Psychiatry or Psychology. She has a life-credential as a result of being a female with Asperger’s Syndrome and being a parent of a child with Asperger’s Syndrome. She has created this list in an effort to assist health professionals in recognizing Asperger’s Syndrome in females—for in-depth information regarding females with AS refer to Craft’s book Everyday Aspergers.

This post is courtesy of Samantha Craft. Her original post can be viewed here. Samantha Craft is author of the book Everyday Aspergers: A Journey on the Autism Spectrum. Take a look inside Everyday Aspergers.

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Top Ten Signs You Have Aspergers

The Art of Autism realizes many people come to this page with the questions, Do I have Autism? or Do I have Aspergers? We recommend diagnosis by a professional. There are a couple of popular online quizzes which will give you an indication if you are on the spectrum:

  • The Aspie Quiz
  • Autism Spectrum Quotient online test

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According to the International Classification of Diseases, autism is a group of disorders that can present from birth, early childhood, adolescence or adulthood. If there are no particular difficulties with the diagnosis of early childhood autism (RAD) with its bright manifestations, then it is much more difficult to determine ASD with minor manifestations in an adult.

Many people with ASD have aspirations and adaptability. Not always understanding the social context, they still learn to copy the behavior, facial expressions and even speech of those around them. For this reason, if autism does not manifest itself too brightly, in childhood and even adolescence, a person does not get to a specialized doctor - a psychiatrist. But autism is not going anywhere. RAS stays with a person for life.

If your loved one seems withdrawn, uncommunicative, may show strange and inappropriate emotions (for example, laughing when grief happens), often interrupts, focuses on their own interests, it is quite possible (although not necessarily) that he suffers from atypical autism This is the diagnosis most often made in adults. Other forms of ASD, as a rule, contain the same signs of the classic "triad" and manifest themselves earlier and much brighter.

To determine ASD, an adult needs the same doctor as a child – a psychiatrist. It is impossible to self-diagnose the disorder on your own. However, there are tests that can show the presence of relevant risks. Psychologist Simon Baron-Kogan and his colleagues at the Cambridge Center for Autism Research have developed a scale to measure signs of autism in adults, or AQ. This test is also called the Asperger Syndrome test. It is believed that an extremely erudite person with a high IQ and a set of oddities in behavior is a classic representative of Asperger's Syndrome (AS). In fact, in modern medicine it is no longer accepted to separate AS from autism spectrum disorder, as it used to be.

Some signs that may indicate the presence of autism in an adult.

  • A person is focused on himself and his experiences, seems insensitive, rarely shares his innermost with loved ones.
  • May seem impolite, violating the principles of social interaction: does not greet acquaintances, speaks directly to the interlocutor about his physical shortcomings, does not express sympathy.
  • Nervous or irritable if routine is disturbed.
  • Follows its own rituals: towels should be hung in a certain order, spoons should be on only one shelf in the closet, etc.
  • Has difficulty reading people's emotions: does not understand when the interlocutor is irritated, upset, etc.
  • Overwhelmed by a highly specialized hobby, talks only about it: for example, at a relative's birthday party, he keeps talking only about his favorite trains or numismatics, not paying attention to the birthday person.
  • Avoids physical contact, may show signs of anxiety associated with physical contact, such as washing hands frequently.
  • There are problems with the fulfillment of obligations: a person does not feel a sense of duty or guilt, is late or does not come to a meeting at all without explaining the reasons.

All these signs can speak of other diseases or not be symptoms of the disease at all. However, they can be called those "red flags" that should serve as a reason to visit a specialist.

Manifestations of autism cannot be eliminated completely, but they can be successfully compensated. The combination of drug therapy (which is not always necessary), psychotherapy and other methods of correcting ASD helps adults with autism feel more confident and lead a fulfilling social life, reduces the risk of depression and anxiety disorder - frequent "companions" of ASD.

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