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1. clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 15:37:17 CET clacke

   Tried the RAADS-R autism self-eval. Interesting! The interpretation is confusing:
   

   25 You are not autistic.
   50 Some autistic traits, but likely not autistic (yet some autistic people score as low as 44).
   65 The minimum score at which autism is considered.
   90 Stronger indications of autism, although non-autistics may score as high.
   130 The mean score of autistic people; strong evidence for autism.
   160 Very strong evidence for autism.
   227 The maximum score autistic people acquired in Ritvo’s seminal paper on the RAADS–R.
   [9]240 The maximum possible RAADS–R score

   
   Is "not autistic" 25 and below? I guess, because if it's 25–50, what is below then? I guess "some traits" is 50–65? But what is 25–50 then? Are they supposed to be overlapping so that 0–50 is "not" and 25–65 is "some traits"?

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   • clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 15:37:17 CET clacke

     in reply to

     My result:

     Total:
     56

     Language subtotal:
     3

     Social relatedness subtotal:
     35

     Sensory/motor subtotal:
     7

     Circumscribed interests subtotal:
     11

     
     Super interesting! I don't have very much in terms of stimming or difficulty reading people, but I do feel a difficulty connecting with people who don't have a favorite topic to infodump about and I don't get why people with somewhat similar interests to me aren't as interested to deep dive and know everything. But some of that might be more ADHD-like than ASD-like, possibly.