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Thanks to everybody who took part. Now it's time to see the results. I've counted up everyone's agreements and disagreements (using some amount of reading between the lines. I didn't count any that were unclear). The 'autistic' answer for each statement is indicated with bold type:

So, lemmy.world/autism picked the autistic option every time and scored a perfect 10/10. Interestingly, if we weight it proportionately according to how many picked each option, we only get 6.2, barely over the threshold.

Scores of 6 or over indicate possible autism spectrum disorder, so lemmy.world/autism should seriously consider the possibility that they may be autistic.

(Personally, I got 8. Go me!)

My intentions for running this test was it would be interesting and fun, and I think it was (One respondent was concerned I might have some undisclosed professional interest - I don't, but thanks for looking out for the community). I think the main takeaway is that interpreting self-report questions can be really hard.

Should I do another? If so, should I do anything differently?

Björk and Rosalía are donating all their rights to income generated by this song to the AEGIS non-profit organisation to combat open pen fish farming in Iceland. Their record companies have agreed to do the same. All funds raised will support legal fees for protesters, taking action to stop the development of intensive farms that harm wildlife, deform fish, and pose risks to salmon's DNA and survival. Immediate action is crucial.

donate directly at: https://www.bjork.com/aegis

This is one of a series of discussion posts based on questions from the AQ-10 autism test.

10. I find it difficult to work out people’s intentions.

• Definitely Agree
• Slightly Agree
• Slightly Disagree
• Definitely Disagree

Is this statement true for you? Can you think of any examples? Is it an easy or difficult question for you to answer?

You can take the full AQ-10 test here. Note this test is intended as a quick screener, and cannot diagnose or rule out any condition on its own.

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There is (as far as I know) no easy way to copy a user handle to mention them in a post or comment. There isn't a UI element or menu option on a post to do this. I can go to their just page and use the share button, but then I get (for example):

https://lemmy.guide/link?target=@[email protected]

That's not Zach's instance, it's mine. To get the user handle I'd have to edit out the URL part, and change to the correct instance @[email protected].

Is that how it's supposed to work? Is the instance change thing a bug? Is there a better way I don't know about?

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9. I like to collect information about categories of things.

• Definitely Agree
• Slightly Agree
• Slightly Disagree
• Definitely Disagree

Is this statement true for you? Can you think of any examples? Is it an easy or difficult question for you to answer?

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8. If there is an interruption, I can switch back to what I was doing very quickly.

• Definitely Agree
• Slightly Agree
• Slightly Disagree
• Definitely Disagree

Is this statement true for you? Can you think of any examples? Is it an easy or difficult question for you to answer?

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7. I find it easy to work out what someone is thinking or feeling just by looking at their face.

• Definitely Agree
• Slightly Agree
• Slightly Disagree
• Definitely Disagree

Is this statement true for you? Can you think of any examples? Is it an easy or difficult question for you to answer?

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6. I find it easy to do more than one thing at once.

• Definitely Agree
• Slightly Agree
• Slightly Disagree
• Definitely Disagree

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In Fern Brady's song, she says John Kearns is obsequious and Dara is an imbecile. But, then when they talk about it in the studio she says John isn't obsequious but Dara is. So then why did she write the song that way?

My thought was: if she calls Dara obsequious, then she has to call John an imbecile*. At the time she still didn't know that John had been purposefully trying to lose in the team task. Maybe she suspected he had genuine cognitive impairments, and it wouldn't be ok to joke about it?

(*There were also 2 other teammates, and the 2 hosts that she could have substituted into that line. My thinking here is that, since she had already worked with 2 of the teammates, she felt it was right for the song that they were the ones to get dissed individually.)

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5. I know how to tell if someone listening to me is getting bored.

• Definitely Agree
• Slightly Agree
• Slightly Disagree
• Definitely Disagree

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4. I usually concentrate more on the whole picture, rather than the small details.

• Definitely Agree
• Slightly Agree
• Slightly Disagree
• Definitely Disagree

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3. I find it easy to "read between the lines" when someone is talking to me.

• Definitely Agree
• Slightly Agree
• Slightly Disagree
• Definitely Disagree

Is this statement true for you? Can you think of any examples? Is it an easy or difficult question for you to answer?

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