When I said I was boring, too literal minded, and a lousy storyteller. Well, now I have evidence to prove it.1 Wired has a short test you can take online to test your autism quotient.Here's how they describe it:
'Nuf said.
Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday livesOK, so average is 16.4, and 80% of those diagnosed with autism score 32 or higher. My score? 31.
'Nuf said.
1Being the literal minded geek that I am. Of course, being a literal minded geek I also realize that I should have written: "Now I have evidence consistent with that hypothesis".
I scored 17. I sent the test to my husband though because I think he'll score a lot higher. My advisor would probably be right up there with you. I'm not going to send it to him though!
17! Hey, that makes you pretty much normal. I'm jealous.