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Client Information
Client Name Test 1234
Date of birth (age) 28 January 2000 (20)

Assessment Information
Assessment Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ)
Date administered 10 November 2020
Assessor Dr Ben Buchanan'
Time taken 0 minutes 42 seconds

Results
Community
Raw Score Autism Percentile Percentile

Total Score (0 - 50) 25 7.2 85.5

Communication (0 - 10) 5 13.6 86.4
Social Skills (0 - 10) 7 42.1 95.4
Imagination (0 - 10) 2 2.8 35.6
Attention to Details (0 - 10) 7 56.9 78.3
Attention Switching (0 - 10) 4 2.6 43.7

Interpretive Text
This individual scored below 29, indicating their responses are not
indicative of someone with autism.

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Scoring and Interpretation Information

Items are summed to obtain an overall total score and scores for
each of the five subscales. Higher scores indicate responses that
are more consistent with autism traits.

A total score of 29 or more is indicative of clinically significant autism

traits (Broadbent, et al., 2013). Using the cut-off score of 29 has a
false positive rate of 1%, however will fail to identify 14.4% of people
who actually do meet the diagnostic criteria for DSM-5 defined
Autism Spectrum Disorder.

The total score and subscale scores are also represented as

percentiles for comparison to gender specific norms for the Autism
Sample and the Community Sample (Baron-Cohen et al., 2001).

Percentiles compared to the Autism Sample compares the

respondent's score to people who have been diagnosed with
Autism, where a percentile of 50 indicates typical scores for
someone with Autism.

For men, a total score of 29 corresponds to a percentile compared

to the male autism sample of 18.9 and a percentile of 95 compared
to the male community sample.

For women, a total score of 29 corresponds to a percentile

compared to the female autism sample of 1.9 and a percentile of
99.1 compared to the female community sample.

Five subscales are presented, with higher scores on each subscale

indicate more neurodivergence in each area. For example, high
scores on social skills indicates more social skills deficits, and high
scores on attention to detail indicates an atypical focus on details.
The following items are summed to obtain scores for each of the
subscales:
- Social skill: items 1,11,13,15,22,36,44,45, 47,48
- Attention switching: items 2,4,10,16,25,32,34, 37,43,46
- Attention to detail: items 5,6,9,12,19,23,28, 29,30,49
- Communication: items 7,17,18,26,27,31,33, 35,38,39
- Imagination items: 3,8,14,20,21,24,40,41,42,50

Client Responses
Definitely
Definitely Agree Slightly Agree Slightly Disagree
Disagree

I prefer to do things with others

1
rather than on my own 0 0 1 1

I prefer to do things the same way

2
over and over again 1 1 0 0

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Client Responses (cont.)

Definitely
Definitely Agree Slightly Agree Slightly Disagree
Disagree
If I try to imagine something, I find it
3 very easy to create a picture in my 0 0 1 1
mind
I frequently get so strongly absorbed
4 in one thing that I lose sight of other 1 1 0 0
things
I often notice small sounds when
5
others do not 1 1 0 0

I usually notice car number plates

6
or similar strings of information 1 1 0 0
Other people frequently tell me that
7 what I’ve said is impolite, even 1 1 0 0
though I think it is polite
When I’m reading a story, I can
8 easily imagine what the characters 0 0 1 1
might look like

9 I am fascinated by dates 1 1 0 0
In a social group, I can easily keep
10 track of several different people’s 0 0 1 1
conversations

11 I find social situations easy 0 0 1 1

I tend to notice details that others

12
do not 1 1 0 0

I would rather go to a library than a

13
party 1 1 0 0

14 I find making up stories easy 0 0 1 1

I find myself drawn more strongly to

15
people than to things 0 0 1 1
I tend to have very strong interests,
16 which I get upset about if I can’t 1 1 0 0
pursue

17 I enjoy social chit-chat 0 0 1 1

When I talk, it isn’t always easy for

18
others to get a word in edgeways 1 1 0 0

19 I am fascinated by numbers 1 1 0 0
When I’m reading a story, I find it
20 difficult to work out the characters’ 1 1 0 0
intentions.
I don’t particularly enjoy reading
21
fiction 1 1 0 0

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Client Responses (cont.)

Definitely
Definitely Agree Slightly Agree Slightly Disagree
Disagree

22 I find it hard to make new friends 1 1 0 0

I notice patterns in things all the

23
time 1 1 0 0

I would rather go to the theatre than

24
a museum 0 0 1 1

It does not upset me if my daily

25
routine is distubed 0 0 1 1

I frequently find that I don’t know

26
how to keep a conversation going 1 1 0 0
I find it easy to “read between the
27 lines” when someone is talking to 0 0 1 1
me
I usually concentrate more on the
28 whole picture, rather than the small 0 0 1 1
details
I am not very good at remembering
29
phone numbers 0 0 1 1
I don’t usually notice small changes
30 in a situation, or a person’s 0 0 1 1
appearance
I know how to tell if someone
31
listening to me is getting bored 0 0 1 1

I find it easy to do more than one

32
thing at once 0 0 1 1

When I talk on the phone, I’m not

33
sure when it’s my turn to speak 1 1 0 0

34 I enjoy doing things spontaneously 0 0 1 1

I am often the last to understand

35
the point of a joke 1 1 0 0
I find it easy to work out what
36 someone is thinking or feeling just 0 0 1 1
by looking at their face
If there is an interruption, I can
37 switch back to what I was doing very 0 0 1 1
quickly

38 I am good at social chit-chat 0 0 1 1

People often tell me that I keep
39 going on and on about the same 1 1 0 0
thing
When I was young, I used to enjoy
40 playing games involving pretending 0 0 1 1
with other children

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Client Responses (cont.)

Definitely
Definitely Agree Slightly Agree Slightly Disagree
Disagree
I like to collect information about categories
41 of things (e.g. types of car, types of bird, 1 1 0 0
types of train, types of plant, etc.)

I find it difficult to imagine what it

42
would be like to be someone else 1 1 0 0

I like to plan any activities I

43
participate in carefully 1 1 0 0

44 I enjoy social occasions 0 0 1 1

I find it difficult to work out people’s

45
intentions 1 1 0 0

46 New situations make me anxious 1 1 0 0

47 I enjoy meeting new people 0 0 1 1

48 I am a good diplomat 0 0 1 1

I am not very good at remembering

49
people’s date of birth 0 0 1 1

I find it very easy to play games

50
with children that involve pretending 0 0 1 1

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