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The Adolescent Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ)

Ages 12-15 years

SPECIMEN, FOR RESEARCH USE ONLY.

For full details, please see:

S. Baron-Cohen, R. Hoekstra, R. Knickmeyer , S. Wheelwright, (2006

The Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) – Adolescent Version

!o"rnal o# $"tism an% &e'elomental &isor%ers.

Name:........................................... Sex:...........................................

Date of birth:................................... Today’s Date.................................

How to fill out the questionnaire

Below is a list of statements about your child. Please read each statement very carefully and rate

how strongly you agree or disagree by selecting the appropriate option opposite each question.

DO NOT MISS ANY STATEMENT OUT.

Examples

E1. S)he is willing to take risks. definitely

agree

slightly

agree

slightly

disagree

definitely

disagree

E2. S)he likes playing board games. definitelyagree slightlyagree slightlydisagree definitelydisagree

E3. S)he finds learning to play musical instruments

easy.

definitely

agree

slightly

agree

slightly

disagree

definitely

disagree

E4. S)he is fascinated by other cultures. definitely

agree

slightly

agree

slightly

disagree

definitely

disagree



Definitely

Agree

Slightly

Agree

Slightly

Disagree

Definitely

Disagree

*. S)he re#ers to %o things with others rather than

on her)his own.

2. S)he re#ers to %o things the same way o'er an%

o'er again.

+. # s)he tries to imagine something, s)he #in%s it'ery easy to create a ict"re in her)his min%.

. S)he #re"ently gets so strongly a/sor/e% in onething that s)he loses sight o# other things.

. S)he o#ten notices small so"n%s when others %o

not.

6. S)he "s"ally notices car n"m/er lates or similarstrings o# in#ormation.

1. ther eole #re"ently tell her)him that whats)he has sai% is imolite, e'en tho"gh s)he thinks

it is olite.

3. When s)he is rea%ing a story, s)he can easily

imagine what the characters might look like.

4. S)he is #ascinate% /y %ates.

*0. n a social gro", s)he can easily kee track o#

se'eral %i##erent eole5s con'ersations.

**. S)he #in%s social sit"ations easy.

*2. S)he ten%s to notice %etails that others %o not.

*+. S)he wo"l% rather go to a li/rary than a arty.

*. S)he #in%s making " stories easy.

*. S)he #in%s her)himsel# %rawn more strongly to

eole than to things.



Definitely

Agree

Slightly

Agree

Slightly

Disagree

Definitely

Disagree

*6. S)he ten%s to ha'e 'ery strong interests, which

s)he gets "set a/o"t i# s)he can5t "rs"e.

*1. S)he enoys social chit-chat.

*3. When s)he talks, it isn5t always easy #or others to

get a wor% in e%geways.

*4. S)he is #ascinate% /y n"m/ers.

20. When s)he is rea%ing a story, s)he #in%s it %i##ic"lt

to work o"t the characters5 intentions.

2*. S)he %oesn5t artic"larly enoy rea%ing #iction.

22. S)he #in%s it har% to make new #rien%s.

2+. S)he notices atterns in things all the time.

2. S)he wo"l% rather go to the theatre than a

m"se"m.

2. t %oes not "set him)her i# his)her %aily ro"tineis %ist"r/e%.

26. S)he #re"ently #in%s that s)he %oesn5t know how

to kee a con'ersation going.

21. S)he #in%s it easy to 7rea% /etween the lines8

when someone is talking to her)him.

23. S)he "s"ally concentrates more on the whole

ict"re, rather than the small %etails.

24. S)he is not 'ery goo% at remem/ering honen"m/ers.

+0. S)he %oesn5t "s"ally notice small changes in a

sit"ation, or a erson5s aearance.

+*. S)he knows how to tell i# someone listening to

him)her is getting /ore%.



Definitely

Agree

Slightly

Agree

Slightly

Disagree

Definitely

Disagree

+2. S)he #in%s it easy to %o more than one thing at

once.

++. When s)he talks on the hone, s)he is not s"rewhen it5s her)his t"rn to seak.

+. S)he enoys %oing things sontaneo"sly.

+. S)he is o#ten the last to "n%erstan% the oint o# a

oke.

+6. S)he #in%s it easy to work o"t what someone is

thinking or #eeling "st /y looking at their #ace.

+1. # there is an interr"tion, s)he can switch /ack towhat s)he was %oing 'ery "ickly.

+3. S)he is goo% at social chit-chat.

+4. 9eole o#ten tell her)him that s)he kees going on

an% on a/o"t the same thing.

0. When s)he was yo"nger, s)he "se% to enoy

laying games in'ol'ing reten%ing with other

chil%ren.

*. S)he likes to collect in#ormation a/o"t categories

o# things (e.g. tyes o# car, tyes o# /ir%, tyes o# train, tyes o# lant, etc..

2. S)he #in%s it %i##ic"lt to imagine what it wo"l% /elike to /e someone else.

+. S)he likes to lan any acti'ities s)he articiatesin care#"lly.

. S)he enoys social occasions.

. S)he #in%s it %i##ic"lt to work o"t eole5s

intentions.

6. :ew sit"ations make him)her an;io"s.



Definitely

Agree

Slightly

Agree

Slightly

Disagree

Definitely

Disagree

1. S)he enoys meeting new eole.

3. S)he is a goo% %ilomat.

4. S)he is not 'ery goo% at remem/ering eole5s

%ate o# /irth.

0. S)he #in%s it 'ery to easy to lay games with

chil%ren that in'ol'e reten%ing.

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