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Adolescent Autism Spectrum Quotient

S. Baron-Cohen, R. A. Hoekstra, R. Knickmeyer and S. Wheelwright, (2006)
Below is a list of statements about your child. Please read each statement very carefully and rate how strongly you agree or disagree.
S/he prefers to do things with others rather than on his/her own.

S/he prefers to do things the same way over and over again.

If s/he tries to imagine something, s/he finds it very easy to create a picture in her/his mind.

S/he frequently get so strongly absorbed in one thing that s/he loses sight of other things.

S/he often notices small sounds when others do not.

S/he usually notices car number plates or similar strings of information.

Other people frequently tell her/him that what s/he have said is impolite, even though s/he thinks it is polite.

When s/he is reading a story, s/he can easily imagine what the characters might look like.

S/he is fascinated by dates.

In a social group, s/he can easily keep track of several different people’s conversations.

S/he finds social situations easy.

S/he tends to notice details that others do not.

S/he would rather go to a library than a party.

S/he finds making up stories easy.

S/he finds her/himself drawn more strongly to people than to things.

S/he tends to have very strong interests, which s/he gets upset about if s/he can’t pursue.

S/he enjoys social chitchat.

When s/he talks, it isn’t always easy for others to get a word in edgewise.

S/he is fascinated by numbers.

When s/he is reading a story, s/he finds it difficult to work out the characters’ intentions.

S/he doesn’t particularly enjoy reading fiction.

S/he finds it hard to make new friends.

S/he notices patterns in things all the time.

S/he would rather go to the theater than a museum.

It does not upset him/her if his/her daily routine is disturbed.

S/he frequently finds that s/he don’t know how to keep a conversation going.

S/he finds it easy to "read between the lines" when someone is talking to her/him.

S/he usually concentrates more on the whole picture, rather than on the small details.

S/he is not very good at remembering phone numbers.

S/he doesn’t usually notice small changes in a situation or a person’s appearance.

S/he knows how to tell if someone listening to him/her is getting bored.

S/he finds it easy to do more than one thing at once.

When s/he talks on the phone, s/he is not sure when it’s her/his turn to speak.

S/he enjoys doing things spontaneously.

S/he is often the last to understand the point of a joke.

S/he finds it easy to work out what someone is thinking or feeling just by looking at their face.

If there is an interruption, s/he can switch back to what s/he was doing very quickly.

S/he is good at social chit-chat.

People often tell her/him that s/he keeps going on and on about the same thing.

When s/he was younger, s/he used to enjoy playing games involving pretending with other children.

S/he likes to collect information about categories of things (e.g., types of cars, types of birds, types of trains, types of plants, etc.).

S/he finds it difficult to imagine what it would be like to be someone else.

S/he likes to plan any activities s/he participates in.

S/he enjoys social occasions.

S/he finds it difficult to work out people’s intentions.

New situations make him/her anxious.

S/he enjoys meeting new people.

S/he is a good diplomat.

S/he is not very good at remembering people’s date of birth.

S/he finds it very easy to play games with children that involve pretending.

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