If you are diagnosed with ASD, what was your AQ50 score?

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Mine is between 26 and 29 (I've taken it a few times). I'm trying to work out the significance of that. The cut-off seems to be given as 26 in some places and 32 in others. Similarly I've seen the population average given as 16 in some places and 22 in others.

I did post this in the ND Mumsnetter section but am also posting here for traffic.

Mine is usually 45-49. Took it just now, it was 47.

I just had a look out of interest as DS is diagnosed. I got 42...

46

42 🙈

43

41 but some of the questions are stupid as they don’t give enough detail to give an informed answer

No diagnosis here but have been fairly sure I'm autistic for about 5 years now. Focusing on supporting the kids for now. Mine is 44, no wonder I keep burning out 🙈

For instance the question about whether you’d prefer to go to the theatre rather than a museum. Surely that depends on which theatre / what’s on and which museum?

Also conflates introversion with ASD traits.

35 but I have scored as high as 40 depending on how grumpy I am feeling.

No ASD diagnosis but I do have an anxiety diagnosis and Audhd kid.

I have a diagnosis of asd and adhd but i am only finding out my score today as i had to keep putting off the psychiatrists visit. Be interesting to see what it is.

I'm diagnosed officially as being autistic and adhd.

Just re done the test and got 41.

Just did one and scored 22 but know it would have been different in the past.

I'm not diagnosed but 1 DC is and 1 is on the pathway. I got 33. But I find I'm trying to get to what the question is really assessing rather than the actual question. E.g. I like theatre and museums, lots of autistic people do. Are autistic people 'supposed' to like museums more because of enjoying facts or something? And like @ZebraPensAreLife says some museums would be more interesting than others - I wouldn't particularly enjoy a car museum for example although I will take DS. Anything relating to the 2nd world war I would love, and I would enjoy lots of others. It might also depend on how busy the museum was and what the travel was like to get there. I've done another quiz that asked if you'd rather go to the library or a party - actually I love books but I can't keep on top of return dates and find that stressful so I don't use libraries but I suspect this in itself is an autistic trait. So now I would put library even though that's not actually true because I don't really like either but I go to some parties if it's small or it's close family. I can read faces though and social cues.

Not diagnosed but I've recently been suspecting it and I scored 32

43, fairly consistently (did it a couple of times over the years when I was in the pondering stage, once during diagnosis, a couple of times as a research participant).

DP scores the same. He's not autistic, as far as we know, just an engineer.

34, I find some of the questions ridiculous though.

The really batshit questionnaire is the SQ/EQ one, IMO.

Examples (statements requiring choice from Strongly Disagree/Disagree/Agree/Strongly Agree):

• If I were buying a stereo, I would want to know about its precise technical features.

Nah, who cares if it only plays Minidisc and 78s, and will only connect to a specific type of speaker that was manufactured for six months by a hobbyist monk from Newport Pagnell and sounds like farts in a tin of nails? Only dweebs would care about technical features like what formats it plays, what you can connect to it, how good the sound is etc.

• When I cook, I do not think about exactly how different methods and ingredients contribute to the final product.

If this is supposed to represent a non-systemiser, I'm definitely not going round theirs for dinner. "Yeah so I just chuck any random shite in the pot that's hanging around, stick it in the nearest appliance, and at some point I eat it. Yesterday, dinner was twelve boiled aubergines, desiccated coconut, and half a raw chicken wing."

• If I were buying a computer, I would want to know exact details about its hard drive capacity and processor speed.

Don't be silly! I just go into the nearest computer shop, wave my wallet in front of a salesman, and let him charge me £3250 for a beige Time PC from 1998 with a slidey-out cup-holder. Why would I be interested in whether my expensive purchase will do what I need it to?

• If I were buying a camera, I would not look carefully into the quality of the lens.

I suppose you could give this the benefit of the doubt and say that back in 2003/2004, people who weren't particularly interested in photography but wanted to be able to take easy snapshots might reasonably agree with this. In 2024, though, almost anyone buying a standalone camera is interested in photography, and it would be weird for them not to care about the lens.

But I added this one because it's the same pattern over and over, of "people who aren't systemisers will buy any old shit without checking that it meets their needs and is good value for money", which I'm not convinced is true. They might use different ways to get that information, but when you buy technology the features and details are information you need, systemiser or no — that is, if you don't want to be ripped off, spend more than you needed to, or end up with kit that doesn't do what you want.

• When I read the newspaper, I am drawn to tables of information, such as football league scores or stock market indices.

Ah yes, people who have systemising minds just adore poring over boring tables of irrelevant data they'd otherwise have no interest in, purely because it's got some nicely-arranged lines of numbers in it. It draws them in. Like some kind of number-pheromone.

• If I were buying a car, I would want to obtain specific information about its engine capacity.

Oh come on. I don't care how away with the fairies you are, nobody's buying a car without knowing this. You can't even get an insurance quote without it.

• When I was a child, I enjoyed cutting up worms to see what would happen.

Wtf

22
You can see it's a basic quiz though
I tend to stay neutral so only slightly agreeing/disagreeing to many of them - which will only score 0/1
It is a bit of a blunt instrument which signals autistic traits as introverted/obsessive/socially awkward

I just redid it putting in the answers I think they want and got 48

DD just got 41. She doesn't want me to pursue a diagnosis for her but has been masking for sometime (her brother is awaiting his ADOS).

I only remember my EQ score which was 10 😂

Oh sorry OP, you wanted those with ASC to do it.
I am neurotypical (although my kids would disagree) so 22 would tally with that (I think the cut off was 26).
I did this one.
Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) (psychology-tools.com)
Clearly they want you to say you definitely
prefer being alone
have meticulous attention to detail
struggle in social situations/cues/faces
are not visual/imaginative
sensory sensitive
prefer less interaction/like facts
gift for numbers

My Dd is ASD.

She has no interest in dates or numbers. That is a very male questionnaire. She doesn’t categorize either. She’d hate that.

Shes brilliant at Art and collects Jellycats. Hates all things Stem. The assumption is ASD= scientific/mathematical.

Yep - I usually have that exact same response to that question... museum of dusty cases of rocks = nope; museum of space and dinosaurs (possibly not together although that would be really cool) = hell yeah.
Likewise the choice of theatre would be everything.

Ok, that's probably the real question on that screener - if you respond in that kind of way you're more likely to be autistic.

OP - I'm diagnosed autistic but I can't remember my score on that questionnaire - just the stonking level of annoyance with that particular question.

Yes. It is geared towards certain tropes when the main indicator of ASC as I understand it, is difficulty with social communication, causing issues on a daily basis.

As to what 26-29 means for you OP - it doesn't mean you any "less" autistic as it's not linear. You either are or you aren't.
It does show that you have some autistic traits but perhaps fewer than my son as far as this blunt tool goes. So as co-op says, if you aren't fascinated with dates, numbers or registration plates or aren't particularly observant then that's -8 off your score. It doesn't necessarily mean that you cope better or function higher. You might be better at masking if female (and could therefore intuitively downplay some responses on the quiz).