Psycom: Do I Have Adult Autism?

1. Have you always, since early childhood and currently, had difficulty with social interactions, for example, trouble fitting-in, difficulty sustaining eye contact, unsure how to initiate interactions or navigate through conversations? *This question is required.

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Very Often

2. Have you always, since early childhood and currently, struggled with sensory sensitivities such as with clothing (avoid certain clothes), foods (finicky and limited food choices), smells (extra sensitive to mundane odors), touch (have always avoided affection or being touched), and sounds (vacuum sweepers, blenders, the chatter of crowds)? *This question is required.

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Very Often

3. When you were a child, did you exhibit hand-flapping, toe-walking, pacing or walking in circles, or lining-up objects? *This question is required.

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Very Often

4. Do you currently tend to pace back and forth? *This question is required.

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Very Often

5. Have you always, since early childhood and currently, tended to obsess on certain topics, interests, or fears? *This question is required.

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Very Often

6. Have you always tended to lack empathy for others, and have trouble understanding how others feel? *This question is required.

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Very Often

7. Have you always struggled with groups of people, and prefer being alone or limit to one-to-one encounters? *This question is required.

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Very Often

8. Are changes in routine, or if something is not going as expected, very unsettling for you? *This question is required.

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Very Often

9. Are you very literal in your thinking and have trouble understanding idioms or slang expressions such as “break a leg”, “bite the bullet”, “stabbed in the back”? *This question is required.

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Very Often