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  • BountifulEggnog [she/her]
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    4 months ago
    Talking about autism

    So I have always wondered if I was autistic, as I'm guessing most neurotypical people do. Years and years I've thought about it. But I never scored particularly high on tests. Higher then NTs usually might, but not like, super autistic yaknow? And that always felt weird to me. Like I should have scored higher, but the test wasn't quite "right" for me to be autistic (enough, I remember scoring towards the lower end of autistic). Ah well, never the less I'd think. I always kinda wondered in the back of my head if I was "masking". Like am I just coping with it so well they can't tell my power level sicko-laser

    Somebody here linked embrace-autism.com the other day and I bookmarked it to look at later. Took the AQ and RAADS-R today (28, 149). Looks kinda high but emilie-shrug you know not that high (especially for the AQ). And maybe there were some answers that were a little wrong or whatever. Then the site recommended I take the Cat-Q test, which specifically targets social camouflaging behaviors. Perfect!

    Chat literally not a single question on it made me feel like I wasn't autistic. 151 score. Way higher then any other group, in all categories. So uh, just thought I'd share that with you all. I don't know what to do with this information but I'll probably look more into autism, maybe read unmasking autism since everyone here seems to love it.

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    In autistic people, the total CAT-Q score and the Assimilation score negatively correlate with well-being. The higher your scores on these measures, the lower your well-being tends to be.

    Okay well you did not have to tell me that cri

    • ashinadash [she/her]
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      4 months ago

      >she got got by the CAT-Q

      Many such cases emilie-smug thankfully you're in one of the best places for neurodiversity too.

      • BountifulEggnog [she/her]
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        4 months ago

        Once I read what the CAT-Q did, it doesn't surprise me it would catch a lot of cases.

        Really one of the best places in general quokka-smile

    • naom3 [she/her]
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      4 months ago

      Yeah I scored about that when I took the CAT-Q and at first I was pumped cause I got a “female” score (I know brainworms) and then I read the spoiler section and was like “oh shit”

      • BountifulEggnog [she/her]
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        4 months ago

        Yea I was actually quite happy the test came back with a score I couldn't justify away, but yea that little bit at the end kinda made me realize most people don't put that much work into social interactions. No wonder they wear me out.