Feeling Normal?
Via Pharyngula I find Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge : Determine your Asperger's quotient
The most interesting thing about Asperger's syndrome is that its "discoverer" decided he had it and named it after himself, which he might have done even if not "suffering" from this "disorder." Maybe.
Asperger's, like too many other mental illnesses, is in effect an almost whimsical diagnosis of exclusion: If someone is really smart, arrogant beyond measure, and tends to be an asshole or otherwise impossible to converse with in a normal way, then he must have a form of autism. It's not treatable, but hey, labels are always fun and interesting.
So take this test to determine your inclination toward Asperger's. If you disagree with the results, well, what makes you think you know so much? And what does that say about you, huh?
I'm still scoring 45 - same as two years ago. (See I can remember my score without even looking it up...)
Comments
I scored 25. At last something relatively normal.
Posted by: bill | August 2, 2007 8:35 AM
21 Average male or female computer scientist.
I'm not sure if this is complimentary.
STB.
Posted by: ScotsToryB | August 2, 2007 9:44 AM
24... ORLY!
Posted by: nbc | August 2, 2007 10:02 AM
15...mr average!
Posted by: jamie | August 2, 2007 10:20 AM
30. 'nuff said.
Posted by: Angry Steve | August 2, 2007 3:35 PM
34. I feel unworthy compared to you.
Posted by: Texas Tom | August 2, 2007 5:32 PM
I scored a 40. The question is, do I have Asbergers, or am I just a cranky, antisocial bastard?
Posted by: HTRN | August 3, 2007 3:38 AM
I'm not sure how to tell the score, there's a light blue band at the top with a carat that goes from 32 to 50? I tried taking it using IE and it stayed the same - oh...there it is, sneaky little bastard hidden in a sentence - I scored a 35 - not exhibiting much attention for detail here...actually I could tell how to answer it to score high.
Posted by: DirtCrashr | August 3, 2007 4:37 PM
Oh fuck off.
Posted by: dearieme | August 3, 2007 8:42 PM
Oh fuck off.
Posted by: dearieme | August 3, 2007 8:43 PM
13 ... is that a lucky number?
Posted by: Mr Free Market | August 4, 2007 11:04 AM
12.
Like that wasn't going to be obvious. Scatterbrained, gregarious, hate math -- small wonder I was once a statistician, but got bored with it after about twenty minutes, and became a bon vivant instead.
Posted by: Kim du Toit | August 7, 2007 3:52 PM
36 - I think I might have Aspberger's. At least it's not Tourette's like Dearieme.
Ho Hum.
Anyone know where I can claim all those benefits and government handouts for being disabled?
Posted by: The Remittance Man | August 8, 2007 2:46 PM