Autism-Spectrum Quotient

For thanksgiving my family and I went down to southern CA for a reunion with my dad's family.

When I went down there I saw this test posted on Facebook.
It is an Autism-Spectrum Quotient test, and you know if its on Facebook it is accurate. If this doesn't scream test validity, I don't know what does. You pretty much can be diagnosed right there by the test. In the little explanation it tells you that it is "a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, 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."

I took it. Why not? Its fun, right? So what was my score? 29. I took it with my dad as I would have responded before I got hurt. I got a 9. There are SO many problems here, but its entertaining and interesting, right? The main reason for the huge disparity in the results, I believe, is mainly because I am incredibly rigid in everything I do now. This is all a compensatory strategy. You know what happens if I change my plan or don't follow my schedule? I forget to turn off the oven, I leave the house with no shoes on, and I forget to put my item I am returning in the car when I go try to return that item.

So anyways, I replied to my friend on Facebook and made some joke about how I scored so high and "just call me autistic." Then I reposted it, because I found it interesting.

Later, my husband ran into that friend who posted the test (the one I made a joke about being Autistic to) and he asked "oh my gosh, did I offend her? Is anything wrong?"

The following is how you DON'T feel stupid:
Me: "OMG, I can't believe I did that, I am so stupid."
Other Person : "Haha, that was pretty dumb."

This is how you DO feel stupid:
Me: "OMG, I can't believe I did that, I am so stupid."
Other Person : "NO! You are not stupid! Don't say that."

Because he thought I was serious, I feel like he thinks I actually believe it and that its sort of true. So apparently this guy really does think I am Autistic. I'm trying to figure out whats wrong with that, anyways. I think the only thing thats wrong with being Autistic is that other people think of it negatively. And plus, I'm not autistic. I had a severe brain injury. Why do people take everything I say so seriously these days? Honestly, if everything I said was serious, there would probably be a lot more dead people right now. Because I'm going to kill that guy who cut me off, right?

That person freaking out because he thought I was offended and just made a new discovery that I was Autistic is the stupid one. I'm going to kill him.