Well, this never looks good

[elfs]

Empathy:
13.

Scoring:
0 - 32 = low (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 20)
33 - 52 = average (most women score about 47 and most men score about 42)
53 - 63 is above average
64 - 80 is very high
80 is maximum

Autism: 38

Scoring:
0 - 10 = low
11 - 22 = average (most women score about 15 and most men score about 17)
23 - 31 = above average
32 - 50 is very high (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 35)
50 is maximum

Comments

[scyllacat.livejournal.com]

Well, now I'm confused. Because I'm intelligent, and display a lot of the symptoms (so much so that my roommate thought I was Asperger's because of my tendency to blurt out insensitive remarks and hyperfocus), but I also showed normal range of empathy.

Personally, I may just be weird.

I don't know who your anonymous friend is, but that's what I would have thought about you, too. I guess your explanation makes sense. I don't really know what normal people think like. I'd like to have a life someday where my emotions are not the huge thing I have to contend with to do what I want to do.

Tagline of the day: I don't want to BE normal. I just want to keep an eye on it in case it makes any sudden moves.

[(Anonymous)]

Elf, I took the test and came out Empathy:15 (probably about right) and Autism:23 (probably a bit low - there were some wobblers). Yup, another male with an INT[JP] on the Myers-Briggs test.

I like your writing, in part, because you *do* think about why people tick - I know why *I* do things, but I sometimes have to approach other's motivations from first principles.

Javahead