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Best Test For Autism In Adults (FREE Autism Test ONLINE) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  You have arrived. Welcome to the Aspy world.
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  Here's where we talk about anything and everything ASD in
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  an upbeat and informative way. And now here's your man on the
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  spectrum, your autism ambassador, Daniel Morgan Jones.
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  So here's the best autism test for adults and this is a free
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  online test and we're going to get right into it right now,
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  guys. I'm going to swap over to my
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  computer right now and we're going to get started on the
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  test. And also, if you're new around
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  here, my name is Dan and I have autism and ADHD.
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  If you want to learn more about those subjects, make sure to hit
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  the subscribe button by clicking the notification bell down
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  below. But also, if you're watching on
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  Facebook, TikTok and Instagram, just make sure to hit that
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  follow button. All right, let's get into the
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  computer and we'll come right back.
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  So here we go. We are on my website,
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  theaspyworld.com. Will you?
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  If you go on my website and then click on autism test, I can put
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  my name in my e-mail address. All right, click take test.
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  So here's what happens. It's an AQ test, right?
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  Autism quota test. And basically these are the
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  sources from the papers that was compiled by some of the experts
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  in the field of autism, which is pretty cool.
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  And we are going to, oh, and just for your information guys,
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  I've got some information at the bottom there for what to do
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  before a diagnosis, what you can do, what to expect during a
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  diagnosis process and what to do afterwards.
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  But this is basically designed for people who are interested in
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  taking the autism tests. So we'll go through it right
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  now. So it's is a list of questions
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  like this and then we'll just do the test together.
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  Why not? So I prefer to do things other
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  than on my own. I prefer to do things I
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  disagree. I prefer to do things the same
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  way over and over. I do agree.
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  If I was to imagine something I find it easy to create a picture
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  in my mind as a tricky one. For me personally, can I imagine
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  things? Not too well.
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  I frequently get strongly absorbed in one thing that I
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  lose sight of as they hear all the time.
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  I often notice small sounds when others do not.
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  Yes, very much so. Actually a funny story about
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  this when I was in an Asperger's Association meeting once we it
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  was the summer and we were in this cafe.
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  Listen to a speaker talk and then somebody walked past and
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  made a noise and the only people in the room that turn and look
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  towards the door are the people who are on the spectrum.
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  Everybody else is kind of was still engaged and listened to
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  the conversation. Very interesting.
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  I usually notice car number plates and similar information.
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  I do. Other people frequently tell me
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  that what I've said is impolite. Oh, I have no filter, Right.
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  You know, I think it's OK. I people say you can't say that.
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  There's a story about one time I wasn't work and my boss was
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  like, you can't talk to a client and call him, mate.
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  You've got to speak to it. I was like, all right, mate,
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  how's it going? This is an international client.
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  This guy's a millionaire. You don't speak to him too.
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  Shoot, I have no idea. Go back to it, when I'm reading
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  a story I can easily imagine what the characters might look
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  like but no idea. I remember once because I have
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  dyslexia too. My high school teachers are like
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  dude you have to read more to improve.
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  Practice makes progress, which I do subscribe to.
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  Practice does make progress and obviously reading does reading
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  more does help. So I bought Harry Potter book,
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  the first one ever. It's an additional 1 of Prisoner
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  of Azkaban. True story.
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  I still have it first edition book, but when I was trying to
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  think about the characters, I was like, I couldn't even say
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  Hermione. I couldn't read the word
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  Hermione. Then I was like, what kind of
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  person is this? I had no idea what they'd look
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  like. OK, fascinated by dates.
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  I am actually. And when I go to the store, I'm
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  like, I tapped my card. People are like, oh, it's 1917,
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  please like to pay. And my date was very interesting
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  on 1977 worth of punk rock. OK, this social group, I can
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  easily keep track of several different people's
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  conversations. No way at all.
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  I find social situations easy. I do not.
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  I tend to notice details that others don't every single time.
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  I am an attention to detail guy and I love spot the difference.
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  I would rather go to the library than a party. 100% this happened
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  so many times when I was in university.
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  I used to go to the university library and not go out for
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  drinks with anybody, just me and Tom.
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  So the guy, he's also on the spectrum.
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  We'd go and just smash out like awesome.
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  I find making of stories easy. I disagree.
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  It's hard to make up a good story right?
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  I find myself drawn more strongly to people than to
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  things. Oh I disagree, I have more
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  attachment to things than I do people.
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  Like remember once my mom got me one of these tactic skateboards
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  when I was in high school? And yes I'm super old so I was
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  in high school in the 90s and the tech deck was so cool but I
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  traded it with some other guy for I.
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  Don't know what? It was, I think I traded for
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  Pokémon cards, but then I was so distraught because I had an
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  attachment to this thing. It's like glitter tech deck.
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  And he wouldn't trade back. And I was, I was destroyed.
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  It was crazy. I tend to have very strong
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  interests, which I get upset if I can't pursue 100%.
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  I'm obsessed with marketing and learning about digital social
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  media marketing and if I can't do that, I absolutely freak out.
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  This is a huge sign of autism characteristic, right?
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  Especially in adults. It's just in suggesting here, if
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  you wanted A1 off consultation with me to talk over anything,
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  if you want me to review something or talk to you about
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  something or give you advice, you can actually book a
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  one-on-one consultation with me for just 45 minutes down below
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  and the link is in description down below.
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  Or you can go to the askweworld.com/dan book.
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  So DANB double OK and book me for a 1 to 1 consultation.
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  All right, speak to you soon. I enjoy social chitchat.
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  I disagree it's painful and you have to like we want to talk
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  about stupid things like the weather or what they did that
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  week like ever's rule. Like if it's not going to
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  contribute towards the survival society why on earth you saying
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  it right? OK night talk.
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  It isn't always easy for others to get away to edgeways. 100% I
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  talk too much, hence this video. I am fascinated by numbers.
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  I am, when I'm reading a story I find it difficult to work out
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  the characters intentions 100%. I don't particularly enjoy
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  reading fiction. I agree.
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  I was just about to say I don't understand characters
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  intentions. So I never read fiction, only
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  factual stuff. That's why I have to learn
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  things all the time. I find it hard to make new
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  friends. I do actually, because I find it
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  easy to make acquaintances. But then I can't be friends with
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  those people long term because I suck at maintaining good
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  relationships. I notice this patterns and
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  things all the time. Every single day.
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  I would rather go to a theater than a museum.
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  Oh no, I definitely go to a museum.
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  It does not upset me if my daily routine is disturbed.
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  I disagree. It upsets me a lot if my routine
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  is disturbed. I frequently find that I don't
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  know how to keep a conversation going because sometimes I'll be
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  talking about something that I'm interested in and I can talk
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  about it for hours. And if you're conversing with
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  me, that's awesome. But as soon as that person like
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  a disinterest in what I'm saying, like no idea how to keep
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  a conversation going. If they say something from that
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  perspective, I have no idea. OK Kind of easy to read between
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  the lines when someone was talking to me.
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  Absolutely not, this actually happened.
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  I usually concentrate more on the whole picture rather than
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  the small details. No, I am not very good at
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  remembering phone numbers. I am not very good.
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  No I disagree, I'm good at running phone numbers.
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  I don't usually notice small changes in situations of
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  people's appearances. No I do, I 100% do.
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  Like, friend Tom once changed his trousers at lunch.
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  Then he came back and I was like, dude, you've changed your
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  trousers. Like going on.
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  So yeah, you know how to tell if someone is listening to me or
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  getting bored? No, I have no idea.
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  I find it easy to do more than one thing at once.
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  Disagree. That's difficult.
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  Even though my ADHD brain wants me to do this, it's not
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  achievable. When I talk on the phone, I'm
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  not sure. When it's my tend to speak, I
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  think I know. When it's my tend to speak.
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  God, I think I don't know. I enjoy doing things
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  spontaneously. Nope, I'm often the last ones
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  down. The point of a joke.
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  Yes, when I presented my friends always trick me with this stuff.
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  They just they'd always do it. They made me believe that the
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  actual name for a TomTom drum is called a Tom Mulhunt.
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  This is a true story. My band is called Straight
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  Jacket Legends. We were in the studio and they
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  made me think that Tom's will call Tom Mules.
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  I find it easy to work out what someone is thinking or feeling
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  just by looking in the face. No way at all.
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  I failed at this when I was doing my counseling course.
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  If there is an interruption, I can switch back to what I was
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  doing quickly. No, I'm good at social chitchat.
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  No second time has happened. People often tell me I keep
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  going on about the same thing. Yes, every day about 10X.
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  I'm obsessed with 10X actions. When I was young I used to enjoy
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  playing games involving pretending for the other
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  children. No, I did not have to be a good
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  thing. It was like making computers.
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  Stuff like that. I collect information and
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  categorize about categories of things like calories.
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  But yes I do. I find I collect mattress
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  pictures. It sounds crazy, but it's a
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  thing. I find it difficult to imagine
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  what it would be like to be someone else.
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  I do find it difficult to version.
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  Was always myself. I like to carefully plan any
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  activity I participate in. Yes, I enjoy social occasions.
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  I do not. I find it difficult to work out
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  people's intentions. I do find it difficult.
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  New situations make me anxious. 100%.
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  I enjoy meeting new people. I do not.
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  I am a good diplomat. I think so.
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  I am not good at remembering people's dates of birth.
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  I am terrible at remembering birth dates.
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  I don't know mine, my girlfriends and my doubled up on
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  Christmas Day. My girlfriend is vitally
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  important to me, so I that I don't mind obviously find it
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  very easy to play games with children that involve percent
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  disagree. All right, see my results here
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  we go like they go. This is the thing.
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  OK, so 30 and 50 your score you're possibly autistic, but
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  below 33 you're not really autistic.
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  My score was 46 out of 50. Well, Needless to say, there was
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  no surprises there. Now if you guys want to take
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  this test, go to the link in my bio.
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  I have linked this test in bio and I'll put it in a card here
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  as well. Do the test, come back and tell
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  me your score in the comment down below.
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  I'm excited to see what your scores are.
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  Okay. Hey guys, thank you so much for
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  checking out this podcast. Make sure you are subscribed
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  because there are people listening right now who not
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  subscribe to this podcast. I can see you.
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  Make sure you subscribe. Okay guys, see you in the next
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  one. Peace.