Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ)- Self Report

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Information about the individual being assessed.

1. When I’m reading a story, I find it difficult to work out the characters’ intentions.
2. I prefer to do things with others rather than on my own.
3. I find social situations easy.
4. I would rather go to a library than to a party.
5. I find myself drawn more strongly to people than to things.
6. I find it hard to make new friends.
7. I am good at social chitchat.
8. I enjoy social occasions.
9. I enjoy meeting new people.
10. I am a good diplomat.
11. I find it very easy to play games with children that involve pretending.
12. I prefer to do things the same way over and over again.
13. I frequently get so strongly absorbed in one thing that I lose sight of other things.
14. In a social group, I can easily keep track of several different people’s conversations.
15. I tend to have very strong interests, which I get upset about if I can’t pursue.
16. It does not upset me if my daily routine is disturbed.
17. I find it easy to do more than one thing at once.
18. I enjoy doing things spontaneously.
19. If there is an interruption, I can switch back to what I was doing very quickly.
20. I like to carefully plan any activities I participate in.
21. New situations make me anxious.
22. I often notice small sounds when others do not.
23. I usually notice car number plates or similar strings of information.
24. I am fascinated by dates.
25. I tend to notice details that others do not.
26. I am fascinated by numbers.
27. I notice patterns in things all the time.
28. I usually concentrate more on the whole picture, rather than on the small details.
29. I am not very good at remembering phone numbers.
30. I don’t usually notice small changes in a situation or a person’s appearance.
31. I am not very good at remembering people’s date of birth.
32. Other people frequently tell me that what I’ve said is impolite, even though I think it is polite.
33. I enjoy social chitchat.
34. When I talk, it isn’t always easy for others to get a word in edgewise.
35. I frequently find that I don’t know how to keep a conversation going.
36. I find it easy to “read between the lines” when someone is talking to me.
37. I know how to tell if someone listening to me is getting bored.
38. When I talk on the phone, I’m not sure when it’s my turn to speak.
39. I am often the last to understand the point of a joke.
40. People often tell me that I keep going on and on about the same thing.
41. I like to collect information about categories of things (e.g., types of cars, birds, trains, plants).
42. If I try to imagine something, I find it very easy to create a picture in my mind.
43. When I’m reading a story, I can easily imagine what the characters might look like.
44. I find making up stories easy.
45. I don’t particularly enjoy reading fiction.
46. I would rather go to the theater than to a museum.
47. I find it easy to work out what someone is thinking or feeling just by looking at their face.
48. When I was young, I used to enjoy playing games involving pretending with other children.
49. I find it difficult to imagine what it would be like to be someone else.
50. I find it difficult to work out people’s intentions.