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.
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.
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.