We investigate the changing attitudes to autism
First, take the AQ test
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. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, 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 lives. A high score on the AQ test is not by itself diagnostic.
© Professor Simon Baron-Cohen and Dr Sally Wheelwright and the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge.