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gltownsend · 11 months ago

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I’m not autistic but I took this just because I don’t have anything else to do right now and it went to this question while I am literally sitting here with my notebook open to my lists page on my lap lmfao

If you don’t know your score, take the test here

#gltownsend #This actually is a practically useful list (list of nonfiction science writers) but I do also keep useless lists #I just thought it was a funny coincidence #But I do think all of the examples are useful so I don’t really understand that #those are all things I would keep lists of and I think they’re all useful #Anyway I have an ethical problem with this test as an indicator of autism symptoms because it is very innacurate #because I scored a 203 and I am not autistic #but I suppose my anecdotal evidence holds no weight compared to an actual study #(screaming at myself from outside the corner of the screen: your sample size is nonexistent and your conclusion is invalid!!!!)#but yeah anyway this test is not valid taken independently (ie without a psychologist there to explain the questions to you)#so it’s just for fun not an actual indication #okay rant over I’m not trying to explain this to anyone else I just want people to know that /I/ know #ugh I’m wording this super badly #I just want to acknowledge that this isn’t an accurate test without a psychologist administering explaining and accommodating #and since the deciding factor is actually how severely your traits affect your ability to function in daily life #you could score highly on this test but if your traits don’t impede your ability to live a normal life or engage with other people socially #you wouldn’t have autism #because then it’s not a disorder it’s just what you’re like as a person #the same thing is true in the inverse #you could score low but still be autistic #because even though you don't have many separate symptoms the ones you /do/ have impair your ability to function as normal #so it's quite a bit more complicated

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