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this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
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Damn straight.
Unless you're an Autist who has heavily specced into the Corpo dialect/persona/mask.
Not autistic, but I write like chatgpt. And I really like formatting.
Without getting into a massive discussion about self-diagnosis and validity of various tests in which demographics and what not...
https://embrace-autism.com/raads-r/
If your total score is 65 or over on this, you may wanna look into a formal diagnosis.
I was going to say it may not be a good time to get diagnosed, but that feels a lot like obeying in advance.
Oh, yes, that's ... a whole thing as well.
Wonderful time to be Autistic in the US, what with RFK Jr (the guy with the actual brain worm, life long anti-vaxxer, who is now in charge of essentially medical policy in the US) describing all Autistic people as literally pants-shittingly stupid, saying that he'd like to take all people using any kind of psychiatricly prescribed medication to detox, no electronics, farm labor camps.
... I wonder if Canada would accept an asylum petition from Americans who either are, or suspect they may be Autistic at this point?
Eh, whatever it is, if anything, isn't really affecting me too bad.
The test is interesting, but the lack of nuance in it (only true, true at certain times, or never true) makes it hard to answer.
I agree, the poor phrasing of many questions is annoying.
But as best I can tell, that test is the most widely recognized as valid initially screening test, in that it essentially never produces false positives (neurotypicals do not score 65 or over).
It is also supposed to be properly administered by a professional who is sufficiently trained to address questions you may have about how to answer the questions.
On one hand, if it isn't a big deal to you, than I absolutely do not want to pressure you into pursuing it just for my sake.
On the other hand, I am reasonably confident that taking issue with the poor phrasing of many of the questions... is itself an indicator, to some extent, that you are more likely to be higher up in the score, on the spectrum... because constantly asking to further specify things that are poorly or ambiguously worded... is a common trait of Autists.
Neurotypicals tend to barrel ahead with the first possibly ambiguous meaning or question answer without reflection or reconsideration.
Autists tend to do the exact opposite.
... This is part of the reason you're supposed to do this test with a trained professional observing/proctoring, when you go for a formal diagnosis.