Autism Spectrum Test

What this test measures

Autism is a different way of experiencing the world, present from early childhood and lifelong. In adults it often shows up as social situations that take more effort than they seem to take for others, a strong preference for routine and sameness, an eye for detail and patterns, conversations whose unwritten rules feel unclear, and deep, focused interests. This test asks about fifty such traits, spread over five areas: social ease, switching attention, eye for detail, conversation and imagination.

It is a screening of traits. It tells you how many autistic traits you recognise in yourself and whether your score falls in the range where further assessment is often suggested. It cannot tell you whether you are autistic; only a clinician who looks at your development since childhood can do that.

How it is built

The test follows the structure of the 50-item Autism-Spectrum Quotient, often called the AQ: fifty statements in the same positions, each answered on the same four-point scale (definitely agree, slightly agree, slightly disagree, definitely disagree), and the same simple scoring: each statement scores one point when your answer is on the side typical of autistic traits, whether you agree slightly or definitely.

About half of the statements are worded in the opposite direction, as in the original, so that agreeing with everything does not push the score up. That is why some statements may feel like the reverse of others: read each one on its own.

Your total runs from 0 to 50 and is read against two thresholds: 26, the screening threshold often used with this questionnaire in clinical settings, and 32, its original cut-off. The fifty statements also form five areas of ten, so you can see where your traits concentrate. The wording of every statement is our own.

What your result contains

Your free result shows your range (below the screening range, in the screening range, or above the original cut-off) with a short summary, and the five trait areas as bars. The full report adds your exact score out of 50 against both thresholds, your score in each area out of 10, what your range tends to look like and the strengths that often come with it, what helps and what to bring to an assessment, and a PDF to keep or to take to an appointment. The full report is one payment, no subscription.

Not a diagnosis, and where to get support

A score above a threshold is a pattern worth discussing with a professional, not a label, and many people score high without being autistic. A lower score does not rule autism out either: many autistic adults, women in particular, have learned to mask their traits and score lower on questionnaires like this one.

Autism is not an illness or a crisis, but feeling different or misunderstood can be hard, and anxiety and low mood are common alongside it. If you are struggling, find a free and confidential helpline in your country. If you are in immediate danger, call your local emergency number.