Online Aspergers syndrome test. - Page 1
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author: GK
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 03:05:40 pm
content: Take the test, fellow nerds.Quotehttp://www.aspergerstestsite.com/

author: PA0PBZ
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 03:16:18 pm
content: Your AQ Test Score is: 17There's hope

author: grumpydoc
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 03:18:36 pm
content: It's important to realise that this isnota diagnostic test - actually diagnosing Asperger's is much more involved. It is just a screening tool.That said I score 46 and would probably have scored higher when I was a teenager.

author: ddavidebor
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 03:24:47 pm
content: God damn, i hate numbers and patterns XD

author: SeanB
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 03:43:31 pm
content: Great.......... but it does fit a pattern there......

author: c4757p
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 03:53:28 pm
content: QuoteLie.Anyway, 43.I wonder how accurate it is in practice. The format of the questions makes me suspect it'll give a good number of false positives to people who are just a bit introverted.

author: robrenz
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 03:57:03 pm
content: 29

author: eevblogfan
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 04:04:48 pm
content: I got 38 ! ,I always suspected I got that shittyAlthough I do love to be different !Guys - I'd like to tallk with other asperger's peoples ! m please PM me or so if you'd like to

author: Dave
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 04:07:10 pm
content: 18I'm all about spotting patterns and memorizing numbers.

author: tom66
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 04:07:28 pm
content: Your AQ Test Score is: 34I have Aspergers, so I guess it does work, for some.

author: kfitch42
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 04:09:25 pm
content: 33, the wifey has always said I was on the 'spectrum'. btw she is a special ED teacher who primarily work with children with autism.

author: smashedProton
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 17, 2013, 04:58:45 pm
content: I have it! With a score of 38. I don't really care that I have it. It makes me a better engineer for all I care.Anyway, I'm glad that the witch hunt against OT threads is over! haha

author: Tepe
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 05:09:13 pm
content: 13

author: Sbampato12
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 05:30:26 pm
content: 38, I already suspected that.And by the way I think if my wife does the test her score will be greater than mine....Thanks for the link.

author: grumpydoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 17, 2013, 05:36:13 pm
content: Quote from: c4757pIndeed, although the questions are split into several categories and the purely introverted probably shouldn't score all that highly in the questions relating to comprehension of figurative speech or non-verbal communication.You should probably read the following two papers if you wish to have a better understanding of the test.http://docs.autismresearchcentre.com/papers/2005_Woodbury-Smith_etal_ScreeningAdultsForAS.pdfhttp://www.ambitalia.org.uk/Autism/Baron-Cohen.pdfWith higher scores the specificity of the test (how reliably negative it is in people who do not have Asperger's) approaches 100% so there should be no false positives with scores greater than 44 but even here it is still a screening, not diagnostic tool.

author: grumpydoc
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 05:42:20 pm
content: Oh and it's worth noting that Asperger's has been removed as a separate diagnosis in DSM-5 (version 5 of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) so, technically, none of us has itIt's just considered to be part of the autism spectrum disorders (ASD).AFAIK there has also been debate as to whether it is a disorder at all and not simply a variant of normal.

author: dimlow
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 05:48:07 pm
content: I Scored 22, my son that has aspergers scored 33

author: c4757p
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 05:51:07 pm
content: Quote from: grumpydoc on May 17, 2013, 05:42:20 pmOf course there has - the meaning of "normal" has always been up for debate. I'm definitely a clear Asperger's case, but I consider myself in most ways reasonably normal. Sure, I've got some problems to deal with, perhaps more than most people in some areas, but don't we all?

author: ftransform
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 06:06:39 pm
content: that is some strait up bullshit

author: SeanB
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 06:12:51 pm
content: Who defines "normal" in the asylum? The inmates, the doctors or the orderlies. I had a hard time telling them apart at times, having known a few people who went in there for a time. Visiting hours was always classed as "interesting", and was always different.

author: tom66
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 06:13:09 pm
content: I don't call it a disorder at all, it makes me a better engineer IMO -- easier to focus on the task at hand. Now, where I have problems is social interactions. They don't come naturally, but I have learned quite well to hide it. I think I can do normally in a social situation, but then again engineers are strange beasts and most don't expect normal conversations...

author: smashedProton
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 07:15:26 pm
content: Quote from: SeanB on May 17, 2013, 06:12:51 pmYou should watch "The one who flew over the cuckoos nest".When I was in 7th and 8th grade in school I was in a special ed program that was designed for people with 'executive dysfunction' and 'adhd'. There I dealt with nurse Ratchet, people flipping tables, and daily tantrums. Not to different from you average office from what I hear. It put me behind in 2 years of school though... I finally got ahead in school though, after 3 years.

author: grumpydoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 17, 2013, 07:57:23 pm
content: QuoteWell, I feel pretty normal too. That is I feel the same way I've always done and and it's normal for me - I don't know what's normal for you or normal for "normal" people though. However I can tell that my interactions with the world are definitely not normal, at least compared with others that I presumearenormal.I do think of it as a disorder, especially when I've messed up some aspect of communication - either got hold of the wrong end of the stick totally, wound up inadvertently pissing people off without a clue that I'm doing it (or why what I'm doing is wrong) or totally mis-reading someone's body language. As these situations have (frequently) lead to significant real problems in my work and personal life.Having said that I've not sought a formal diagnosis, I'm not sure it would make much of a difference at this stage and I think I've learnt to cope most of the time.Ireallycould have done with diagnosis as a teenager though - I think my adult life would have been vastly different.

author: Lightages
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 08:06:51 pm
content: Hmmm, all this time I thought I might be a bit Asperger, but 18 was my score.So I guess I am just an asshole instead.

author: M. András
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 08:51:12 pm
content: Your AQ Test Score is: 23intresting tests btw

author: steve30
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 08:56:36 pm
content: I got 33. Not surprised really. I always tend to score reasonably high on this kind of test.

author: Fsck
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 09:44:48 pm
content: Quote from: GK on May 17, 2013, 03:05:40 pmThe way they phrase it means that 32 is a score in limbo since it's neither borderline nor qualifies for AS since it's not greater than 32.I got 32.

author: mickpah
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 17, 2013, 09:56:46 pm
content: My score was 32 , however I suspect it should have been higher. It was probably biased as I know what to look for as my son has been diagnosed.At least I can help him through the things I found difficult as a child with my wife who exactly opposite to me.BTW did any one know Rowan Atkinson is an " aspie" and an electrical engineer ? Mr Been is a comic exaggeration of the symptoms.The world would be a poorer place without aspbergers so many brilliant engineers, programmers and scientist are on the aspbergers spectrum. In a lot of ways it's a gift.

author: Smokey
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 10:07:02 pm
content: 25. I agree with lightages, I'm probably just an @ssHere is my take on the whole engineer "social interaction" thing. I don't particularly like cocktail party small talk and I'm not usually very comfortable striking up a conversation with someone I don't know on the street, but I don't think that has anything to do with any conditions. Small talk is generally just objectively a boring time kill. It's not that I'm not good at it or have a fear of it, it's just boring by nature and I don't get a lot out of it. Which also ties into why I don't talk to people on the street, since chances are you have something else to be doing and wasting time talking about the weather with someone I don't know and will probably never meet again just isn't appealing. If I'm stuck and have to be somewhere around a lot of other people, I usually have plenty of stuff to be thinking about in my head to keep me entertained, and if not that's why they invented smart-phonesI think engineers get a bad rap and stuck with the aspergers tag a lot for not interacting with people well. At least for me, the average person you meet on the street probably just isn't that interesting, to me. Statistically speaking you are going to run into a lot more fast food employees than you are other engineers, and it's just not worth the effort to find out where everyone you pass by stands on the interesting spectrum. I'm not even trying to say that only engineers are interesting, just that most of us here are engineers so you can relate to that.One of the smartest guys I've ever worked with was also one of the quietest. He'd just sit at his desk and crank away at whatever he was working on. His work was always exceptional, a real math wiz. When you asked him a technical question, he would give you the shortest answer that fully answered your question. People always talked about how anti-social he was, but it's funny because if you tried to talk to him about something he was interested in you would find he was a super interesting person with all kinds of stuff to say. He just wasn't interested in starting the conversation, and even then he was concise and to the point. It wasn't even just engineering stuff either, he liked to travel and liked art museums and stuff. The dude just didn't want to talk about your new car, or what your kid did at school. That's not really a condition, it's a choice.The flip-side of this is that one of the most worthless annoying engineers I have worked with wouldn't shut the hell up. Every chance he got it would start a stupid conversation about what you were having for lunch, or the weather, or retelling you some story for the millionth time. It was always just small talk and a total waste of time. I would take the quiet guy any day of the week.

author: grumpydoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 17, 2013, 10:07:55 pm
content: QuoteActually the original cut off was 26 but that was in a population that had been referred, typically by their general practitioner, so Asperger's was fairly likely as people had been somewhat pre-filtered by a health professional. At that level 83% of subjects were correctly classified as Asperger's/Non Asperger'sThe figure of 32 was felt to be a better cut off for the general population in order to reduce the numbers of false positives although that cut off only correctly classifies 76% of subjects.The actual figures in the paper published by Woodbury-Smith et al werefor a score of 26 or more sensitivity 94.52% specificity 51.8%for a score of 32 or more sensitivity 76.71% specificity 74.07%Sensitivity = how reliably positive the test is in people with Asperger'sSpecificity = how reliably negative the test is in people without Asperger'sSo 94.52% of people with Asperger's will score 26 or more whereas only 76.71% will be 32 or more. Conversely at the 26% point the false positive rate will be almost 50% which is halved by moving to 32 or more as the cut off.More than one person has reported getting 38 - at that level sensitivity was 39.73% (so you'd miss the majority of cases if you used that as the cut off) but specificity was 81.48%. Perhaps though it is worth pointing out that almost 20% of "normal" people will still score that high.

author: PA4TIM
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timestamp: May 17, 2013, 10:12:47 pm
content: My score is 30,I have been official diagnosed 4 times for Asperger and ADHD and all 4 had not a single doubt. I was schoolbook asperger according to one.But some of those questions are to black and white. One shrink told me I was good in camouflage. For instance, I'm very good in making jokes and most times understanding them. I learned my self that because I used to have troubles with that. I always take things at first literary but I can switch very fast and then make a joke from that. But if others do that the same way I do not know if they are serious.I do not notice small changes, I do not notice big changes too. My son has it too and he sees every detail or change. But I see technical details, problems in circuits ect at once but only after I have the big picture first. My hearing is so good I do not notice small sounds because I hear everything at the same level, and allthough I'm 49 I still hear over 20 kHz.. I would have no problem with being dropped on an island alone (as long I have enough books and electronics gear ;-) )So I think it is not a very solid test but probably a usable indication.

author: GK
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 01:36:48 am
content: Quote from: grumpydoc on May 17, 2013, 05:36:13 pmAt 19 I scored pretty low overall and I am very much introverted. One of the reasons for my introversion is the average persons degree of duplicity in normal social situations. When I sense that someone is bending their opinions or forming them on the fly based on what I think, I feel they aren't being honest with me, and my instinctive reaction to that is to withdraw on a personal level.I did answer the questions of the test honestly, giving a bit of thought before clicking the check boxes (particularly for those questions which seemed a little uncomfortably black and white). However imagining that the goal was to deliberately score at either end of the spectrum, whilst doing the test, I felt that it was pretty obvious which ways to answer alternatively.

author: GK
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 01:49:50 am
content: Quote from: Lightages on May 17, 2013, 08:06:51 pmLOL!

author: warp_foo
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 18, 2013, 02:20:33 am
content: Your AQ Test Score is: 33The official criteria for Aspergers Syndrome is an AQ score greater than 32.According to statistical analysis, 26 – 31 Is a borderline score.86% of people with this score can be correctly classified as having Aspergers Syndrome.

author: staxquad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2013, 02:34:44 am
content: I scored 21, but then, I'm just a hobbyist(redid the test answering for maximum points and got a 41)(redid the test answering for lowest points and got a 15)

author: Psi
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 03:33:52 am
content: Your AQ Test Score is: 23It needs another question though...Q: I find it annoying that a lot of questions in this test are duplicated with the logic reversed.*Definitely agree *Slightly agree *Slightly disagree *Definitely disagree

author: kfitch42
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 04:00:47 am
content: Quote from: Fsck on May 17, 2013, 09:44:48 pmI think that analysis gives you an extra point... problem solved

author: digsys
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 05:04:13 am
content: I got 8 and won a teapot !!

author: grumpydoc
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 07:17:37 am
content: QuotePretty par for the course in psychometric tests - commonly as a quality control. If there's a high correlation between the answers to pairs of questions like this the subject is more likely to have answered honestly.Or more likely, to be just bright enough to to note that it's the same question asked two ways and behave accordingly

author: jancumps
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 07:37:49 am
content: Your AQ Test Score is: 8Strange.

author: GK
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 09:40:27 am
content: My biggest gripe with these kind of surveys it that there are always questions that I feel I could answer truthfully with either a yes or a no, and agree or a disagree, depending on the context that I frame the question. When I’m essentially forced to answer by flipping a coin I feel that I am acquiescing to dumb generalisations about myself.

author: amyk
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 11:28:14 am
content: Quote from: GK on May 18, 2013, 09:40:27 amAnd then there's the ones that make you wonder what they're asking:QuoteWhat type of dates? I can see at least 3 types, one of which someone with AS would not like and the other two they would...I scored 36 and I can say I'm not particularly fascinated by any of the 3 types.

author: GK
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 11:59:11 am
content: Well there is quite a variety. However the high level of fructose that they all contain combined with the high level of fibre means they all have pretty much the same socially isolating effect. Probably best avoided altogether on any date in your calendar that you have booked to go out on a date.

author: eevblogfan
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 12:39:07 pm
content: Quote from: amyk on May 18, 2013, 11:28:14 amthe date they mean is time , not that "date" where you meet girls ,I know that since I did the test bot in english and in hebrew , they translate it via comunicating the cambridge university , so you can be sure that's the type of date ( Ie , simply 5-18-2013 )BTW , I did the test in english and got 38 , then I did it in hebrew and got 41 !!! , wierdCheers !

author: Tepe
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 12:52:36 pm
content: Quote from: eevblogfan on May 18, 2013, 12:39:07 pmHad you not scored so high, the intended meaning would have been immediately obvious to you

author: eevblogfan
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 01:21:32 pm
content: hey Tepesorry but didn't understood what you tried to tell me , my broken englishmight you try to translate it to hebrew for me ?LOL

author: PA0PBZ
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 01:54:11 pm
content: Don't worry, I also have no idea what he means...

author: Towger
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 02:02:29 pm
content: I scored 36, but I don't think I'll be buying any of their wares.

author: G7PSK
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 03:17:08 pm
content: I just scored 27, apparently that makes me borderline. Now I just need to find the test for psychopathic tendencies, I have always thought that these tests drawn up by psychologists are all about justifying their existence.

author: Tepe
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 04:07:27 pm
content: Quote from: PA0PBZ on May 18, 2013, 01:54:11 pm

author: lemmegraphdat
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 06:46:28 pm
content: BS designer mental illness.

author: grumpydoc
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 07:16:05 pm
content: QuoteOf the two engineers that you describe I'd actually rank the second as being most likely to have Asperger'sPeople with Asperger's are not necessarily "anti-social" - in fact many want to be sociable but they (we?) don't understand the rules by which the game is played. Consequently I think that, for some people with Aperger's at least, not liking social interaction is more learned than innate.

author: c4757p
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 07:31:17 pm
content: Quote from: lemmegraphdat on May 18, 2013, 06:46:28 pmHave any reasons to believe that? I kindly invite you to divulge them, or bite me. Actually, I just invite you to bite me, I'm not really interested in them.Quote from: grumpydoc on May 18, 2013, 07:16:05 pmYes, I'd say that's accurate. I used tohatesocial interaction, until I met people at school who'd actually help me learn when I messed up instead of just avoiding me. I don't catch on by myself the way most people eventually do, but I'm certainly not unteachable. It's still hard for me, but I don't quite repel people the way I used to.

author: kxenos
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 07:36:41 pm
content: (??????? (????Edit: It doesn't like Hebrew nor Greek.It's like... get a date...

author: c4757p
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 07:37:47 pm
content: Quote from: kxenos on May 18, 2013, 07:36:41 pmYes, my point exactly!

author: kxenos
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 07:39:37 pm
content: Quote from: c4757p on May 18, 2013, 07:37:47 pm

author: eevblogfan
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 08:39:12 pm
content: you may want to send me message on the kik ? much simpleroh . lols , you meant I need date ? lols ><"

author: IanB
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 08:51:00 pm
content: Quote from: G7PSK on May 18, 2013, 03:17:08 pmApparently a bit of that might be a good thing:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22488328

author: G7PSK
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 09:39:18 pm
content: Quote from: IanB on May 18, 2013, 08:51:00 pmWell thats just it we all have a bit of everything in our makeup at the end of the day we are all just humans and trying to stick people into pigeon holes is dangerous in itself.

author: qno
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 10:11:59 pm
content: I scored 17.....I wonder if there is an opposite of Asperger an how it is called.

author: Tepe
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timestamp: May 18, 2013, 10:50:03 pm
content: Quote from: qno on May 18, 2013, 10:11:59 pmMuggles

author: Skimask
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timestamp: May 19, 2013, 12:05:39 am
content: Scored a 6...But I think the test would be understood much better in it's native Klingon

author: lemmegraphdat
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timestamp: May 19, 2013, 12:35:40 am
content: Quote from: c4757p on May 18, 2013, 07:31:17 pmI am not going to accept being described by a term made up in an unscientific branch of medicine. Those people who you say were repelled by you are not such a hot item either. Mostly I have had to work on being polite. Politeness is a series of petty sacrifices and there are times when I won't sacrifice. Social interaction is very painful in a way when the person you are interacting with is an obvious idiot. This discomfort is perceived even by their reptilian brains and can be very off putting.

author: ivan747
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timestamp: May 19, 2013, 01:02:49 am
content: Quote from: c4757p on May 17, 2013, 03:53:28 pm25, almost borderlineI'm just a bit introverted trying to meet people and stuff

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 19, 2013, 01:17:22 am
content: Quote from: lemmegraphdat on May 19, 2013, 12:35:40 amIt describes a way that a mind can function. What's the problem there? It's not meant to be scientific, it's meant to be a set of classes people can be put into, because those classes can help organize assistance and instruction for those people. It doesn't matter if some of them are like that for different reasons than others, the same techniques work and that's what matters.QuoteThere's something seriously wrong with your personality and demeanor if you go around saying people are "obvious idiots" and have "reptilian brains". Grow up and stop being an asshole. Lose the "I'm smarter than everyone else" attitude.

author: GK
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timestamp: May 19, 2013, 05:46:22 am
content: Quote from: grumpydoc on May 17, 2013, 05:42:20 pmBut you'll probably be diagnosed with something else. There is some considerable controversy brewing over the latest revision of the manual. Some shrinks are claiming that they could diagnose 50% of the population with prescription-drug-treatable mental illness following the new guidelines.

author: peter.mitchell
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timestamp: May 19, 2013, 06:16:24 am
content: 13 here, seems about right.

author: tom66
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timestamp: May 19, 2013, 09:04:57 am
content: Seems about right.... I used to take Ritalin but function perfectly fine without it now.

author: AndyC_772
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timestamp: May 19, 2013, 03:55:48 pm
content: I see a pattern in all these results... does that gain me an extra point?

author: lemmegraphdat
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timestamp: May 19, 2013, 05:15:43 pm
content: Quote from: grumpydoc on May 17, 2013, 05:42:20 pmDammit, it was so trendy and cool.

author: GK
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timestamp: May 20, 2013, 08:55:55 am
content: Quote from: AndyC_772 on May 19, 2013, 03:55:48 pmNo, but it allows me to claim that the thread is "electronics related".

author: kfitch42
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timestamp: May 20, 2013, 02:41:20 pm
content: Quote from: GK on May 19, 2013, 05:46:22 amAnd if the shrink won't give you the meds you want... look for the GP with the most pharmaceutical company swag in their office. They'll prescribe you whatever you want... on the way out the door to a lobster dinner indirectly paid for by your health insurance (http://www.propublica.org/series/dollars-for-docs).

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 20, 2013, 02:55:03 pm
content: Who gives a flying fart ?Social ? We're all on this forum chatting to a worldwide audience. It doesn't get more social than that. I've met more people from the forums i frequent in real life (whenever one visits the bay area we try to meet up) than i have met my neighbours.And as for the score : ask yourself this question: are you happy the way you are ?The goal in life is to be happy. I scored 36 btw and i don't care. I'm going to stick my nose in some piece of test equipment, read an electronics magazine , float a bit in the pool and put a bit of dead bovine on the bbq tonite. Ain't anyone going to take my happy day away from me.For my taste aspergers are best prepared blanched shortly and sprinkled with a light bechamel sauce . Add a drop of lemon juice for an extra zing.

author: SeanB
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timestamp: May 20, 2013, 03:46:10 pm
content: Self selecting as to shared interests works. I think almost anybody on this forum would be deeply unhappy being stuck in a place for a week with some random assortment of people.

author: PA0PBZ
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timestamp: May 20, 2013, 03:51:13 pm
content: Quote from: SeanB on May 20, 2013, 03:46:10 pmAre you saying that's not normal?

author: c4757p
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timestamp: May 20, 2013, 03:51:55 pm
content: Quote from: free_electron on May 20, 2013, 02:55:03 pmGood. You seem to be doing just fine then. For those of us who aren't, it can be useful to have a category like that; it makes it easier to get help.QuoteI'm sure they taste better than asparagus...

author: eevblogfan
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timestamp: May 20, 2013, 04:48:19 pm
content: Quote from: PA0PBZ on May 20, 2013, 03:51:13 pmPA0PBZ . normal ? are you freaking dumb ?normal is the norma , when defining "normal" as any of us , you are stumbling on the "planet wrong" . since we all human right ? - but not all of us the same , we have got vast variety . many many typs of persons , whether what you define as "normal" or un normal guys .as per the question , I would be deeply unhappy being stuck in a place for a week with some random assortment of people , so there you have it , it whether I am not normal , or all the people like me ( perhaps diagnosed with asperger ass well ) are martians

author: PA0PBZ
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timestamp: May 20, 2013, 05:07:48 pm
content: Quote from: eevblogfan on May 20, 2013, 04:48:19 pmMaybe you should read it again and trying to understand what I said before calling me dumb?Anyway, I was saying that I consider it normal to feel unhappy in a situation like that, you get it now?

author: c4757p
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timestamp: May 20, 2013, 05:17:17 pm
content: Quote from: eevblogfan on May 20, 2013, 04:48:19 pmOK, take a deep breath. Count to ten - do it with me - ready? 1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5.. 6.. (see how easy this is?) 7.. 8.. (almost there!) 9....... 10! Good. Now, close your eyes. When I snap my fingers, you'll slowly back away from the coffee pot. One... two... three.... *snap* Excellent!Oh, sorry, just practicing my remote hypnosis. Did it work?

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 20, 2013, 05:40:51 pm
content: I like people, in small doses, at my own pace, when I can get away if needed, who are capable of conversing in a way that interests me and with whom I have some commonality and shared interestsOtherwise I am likely to be very not likeable. I might not speak to you after a while, but there are not too many people that are worth active disliking. You really would have to try hard and not take the hints to get on this list.

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 20, 2013, 06:43:16 pm
content: i will make a sign to stick on my front door so that anyone entering will see it. it'll read : you are now leaving the asylum for the insane. welcome.

author: eevblogfan
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 20, 2013, 06:59:36 pm
content: Quote from: PA0PBZ on May 20, 2013, 05:07:48 pmBigg opps ?sorry I am fool of anger for that subject ,

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 20, 2013, 07:05:20 pm
content: Quote from: free_electron on May 20, 2013, 06:43:16 pmIf I were to post such a sign on my door, I wouldn't be able to decide whether to face it inward or outward.

author: eevblogfan
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 20, 2013, 07:30:05 pm
content: Quote from: c4757p on May 20, 2013, 07:05:20 pmthey are all creazy!!! , it's me that okay

author: ddavidebor
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 20, 2013, 10:04:27 pm
content: I've done it.The result is 6XD

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 20, 2013, 11:05:50 pm
content: Quote from: c4757p on May 20, 2013, 05:17:17 pmThanks! I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I feel better. One question, when can I have more coffee?

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 22, 2013, 12:51:17 am
content: Quote from: free_electron on May 20, 2013, 02:55:03 pmNeanderthall?Why not try a nice tasty tofu burger?

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 22, 2013, 01:03:02 am
content: Quote from: GK on May 22, 2013, 12:51:17 amRight after drinking some dry water and eating some zero-carbohydrate toast with fat-free butter.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 22, 2013, 04:23:10 pm
content: Thanks, must remember to take out the big bird burgers and have them this weekend. Goes down nicely with the mushroom and peppers, and complements the best use I have for beer, as a meat marinade............S'alright, I use wine the same way as well.Mushrooms with fresh herbs, a nice Camembert and some paprika peppers all grilled together, with a nice juicy well marinaded rump steak, and some nice Kudu boerewors as well to add a touch of flavour. Pork ribs as well, nice home smoked ones from the Bavarian butcher around the corner.

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 22, 2013, 05:47:58 pm
content: Quote from: GK on May 22, 2013, 12:51:17 amI tried an all vegetarian diet once. Turns out they are way harder to catch than cows and their meat is really tough and sinewey ... really not worth it to eat vegetarian.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 22, 2013, 06:09:34 pm
content: Tough and sinewy, plus the mess on the floor...............

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 22, 2013, 08:42:49 pm
content: Quote from: kfitch42 on May 20, 2013, 02:41:20 pmI have never understood this about the American (maybe english as well?) culture. How come doctors are unprofessional enough to give youanythingyou want without you actually needing it a lot. When I watch CNN I wonder what's going on with those full minute ads where most of the time is consumed listing side effects. They always have people outdoors smiling, all in slow motion.Seriously, if I were in the states, the first thing they would suggest me for treating ADHD is drugs. Nope, I'm not doing that, so I switched to a small school about 5 years ago. Unlike in the US, education here is affordable. They gave me a great recommendation.

author: MikeK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2013, 02:17:48 am
content: Quote from: ivan747 on May 22, 2013, 08:42:49 pmIt's easy. They make more money from their insurance company bosses by spending less money trying to treat you. Drugs not only are the cheapest way to try to treat someone, they also bring in money.

author: envisionelec
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2013, 03:23:21 am
content: 20. I used to be a bit higher, but actively worked on some of my shyness and organization of thoughts as well as prioritizing tasks.

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2013, 12:34:40 pm
content: Quote from: ivan747 on May 22, 2013, 08:42:49 pmThat's not the norm - that's what TV portrays. Without going into detail - the media loves to start stories of "the sky is falling" - That's what the media here does best.....pay no attention to it..... Unless you hear a armored drone above your head - then I suggest you get into a fetal position.I am really taken back a bit by how many of you were the "I'm not good in social situations" - "I have a bit of aspergers " camp - and wearing it like a badge of honor.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2013, 12:46:20 pm
content: Quote from: george graves on May 29, 2013, 12:34:40 pmThank you.I have yet to meet a doctor who's just a drug dispenser like people seem to think. I'm not sure where this idea comes from. Maybe they were like that at one point, but not any more. Most of them seem to be very reluctant to prescribe a medication and consider it a last resort when they've exhausted all other options.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2013, 12:48:44 pm
content: Quote from: george graves on May 29, 2013, 12:34:40 pmI'm not seeing much of that in this thread. Who's done that?