#raads r autism test

[to-dance-beneath-the-diamond-sky]

petition to add a fifth category of answer to the RAADS-R Autism test for "I do not know how to answer this question // The premise of this question is highly flawed"

[themanirealityshifter]

me taking the RAADS-R test: i passed with flying colors ♾️🏳️‍🌈 (the rainbow infinity sign)(score of 200 out of 240)

me then taking the Aspie Quiz/Test on that same website: i passed with flying colors ♾️🏳️‍🌈 (score of 189 out of 200)

me also taking the Autistic Camouflaging/Masking Quiz/Test on that same website as well: i passed with flying colors ♾️🏳️‍🌈 (i mask a lot)

(finally posting this draft)

[theo-grayson]

just had this experience with the raads-r test

[not-sure-what-im-feeling]

I took the RAADS-R test. I got 175. This means I have strong evidence of having autism. This was previously known.

The thoughts i had while taking the test can be summed up quickly and efficiently. There were many of them, though. (I did not like taking the test)

These thoughts were:

There is no nuance here.

But what about xyz? This is true sometimes but not always?

What do you define xyz as? (This was often when they said “normal” or brought up relationships)

THERE IS NO NUANCE.

Long story short, it caused me lots of stress because I didn’t have enough information on the questions. But I have heard that that lends more evidence into the “having autism” category, so that’s something.

[pixelcesspool]

So question to anyone that might see this. At one point is the self diagnosis just accepted by the community I cannot afford the testing. I've done so much research and so many tests. I just feel insecure like I'm being weird about this.

[gods-favorite-autistic]

@olliesprettylame if you get a lower score than me I’m making fun of you

https://embrace-autism.com/raads-r/

Here’s the test I did if y’all wanna take it

[askrobinsdv]

i feel like your husband should take the raads-r test

you know anon, me too.

[leftboob-enthusiast]

me as an undiagnosed but obviously autistic kid compulsively sorting all of the chocolate bars in the grocery store: hey is this normal

my mum, also undiagnosed but obviously autistic: yeah it's just a fun quirk don't worry about it

[antirepurp]

he had such sad eyes

[goldenstripes001]

Taking the raads-r test again cause I haven’t done it in a few years, what the fuck does question 70 mean??? Filing cabinet memory??? Huh???

[to-dance-beneath-the-diamond-sky]

[saturnniidae]

Comparing autism test scores with the besties to see who's the alpha

[small-strong-bookish-butch]

Y'know, for being a test designed for autistic people to take and self-score, the RAADS test sure has confusing language

I thought there should be a "I don't understand the question enough to answer (because I'm taking the question and answer too literally)" button at least 8 times, and the test has 80 questions total

The test: do you use [the analogy of] a stack of notecards or a filing cabinet and flip through them to recall your memories in your head?

Me: No, I don't do that! [can't remember how I do recall memories]

The test: Do you feel similar emotions as the characters when you're watching a TV show or movie?

Me: Sometimes? Like I don't really get it when people are straight or very emotionally stable, but like, I guess I do other times

The test: I only talk to people who share my speciifc special interests

Me: kind of, but no? I like talking to people who know about brain weirdness and queerness more, but I do talk to straight people and strangers when I need to. If I only talked to people who were only interested in what I'm interested in, I wouldn't ever talk to anyone else about niche books I like

The test: how food feels in my mouth is more important than flavor to me

Me: No!! Because if it's a bad flavor that I can't stand (i.e. peppers) that's very important and I can't eat it. Checkmate ✅😎 [emoji description: green checkmark and sunglasses emoji]

The test: I get highly confused when someone interrupts me when I am talking about something I am very interested in.

Me: Do I? I don't know if I do. I guess I don't think about getting confused, because the point gets across that they're trying to talk about something else at the moment and that that means I'm supposed to stop talking about my thing

The test: I have a normal rhythm when I speak

Me: Now what the hell is this all about? Is this something I should be aware of? Is this something people comment on in normal conversation that I'm not aware of?? Do I possibly have a normal speech rhythm and no one has thought to mention it to me??

The test: I can make small talk with people

Me: Yeah I can, but like, it feels like nails scraping on a chalkboard, so does that count? I physically am able to do it but I much prefer not to

Me: Much of my experience with autism is being able to do social and psychological things and burning myself out, and figuring things out from many years of watching people, and preferring to not to do things that cause burnout, but I'm unsure how to stop doing them at this point. That's kind of my whole problem about this, actually

The test: I can tell when someone says one thing but means something else.

Me: what 👏 is 👏 this 👏 all 👏 about 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏? [emoji description: hand clapping emojis between each word and several at the end of the sentence] If this means 'I can tell when someone doesn't want to be talking to me currently', then yes, absolutely. If this means sarcasm, I can figure it out most of the time based on other context clues. If this means someone being passive aggressive, then yes, that's how I was raised. If this means an inside joke or a cultural joke about cis people's gender that everyone is supposed to relate to, then I think that's ridiculous and it has no meaning to me.

[theautisticslut]

date night idea: go out to eat and you both take the RAADS-R test and compare scores

[high-on-stickbugs]

not me taking the raad-r test and being like

?????what the fuck?? what does that mean??? where's the maybe option, where's my kind of, where's my bothered and upset but not confused????????? how am I supposed to remember how things were when I was a kid??

and yet still getting a score that said "well you might be autistic, might be not"

I KNEW THAT, THAT'S WHY I TOOK THE TEST AND I JUST GOT MORE CONFUSED!

[ipusingularitae]

i just took the RAADS-R test and

so there's that