I'm kinda worried that I might be autistic

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I took the autism spectrum quotient test and I scored a 27/50. Apparently scoring a 32+ is a high indicator of autism. wtf do I do now. Should I actually get a real diagnoses from a doctor?

This is the referred to test: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism-spectrum_quotient

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  • ByteDance / Eng
    9910

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    9910
    I bet more than half of the tech industry is legitimately autistic.
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    • Google
      UnknwnDev

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      UnknwnDev
      Wouldn't surprise me. There's a reason for the "engineers are bad at dealing with people" stereotype.
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    • New
      smxjdiw

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      smxjdiw
      I agree. Those that have autism probably have high functioning autism
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    nj057
    I scored 31 and my therapist told me I am most likely to be in the spectrum. And it’s up to me to get it tested. I did not test it but it made me feel good to know I am autistic.

    All my life I struggled to understand social cues and always were an outlier. I never understood why, and I was trying to change myself to a ‘better’ person. But now I don’t think I am bad, I think I am just different and it’s ok to be different.
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    protected
    I scored 46 and I am fine.

    SWE E7, 20 YoE, 950k TC
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  • Amazon
    tldG64

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    tldG64
    What's wrong with being autistic? You're unique and special (assuming you're actually autistic)
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    • New
      6pack

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      6pack
      Nothing wrong, but knowing that you have it it is like having a mirror to a blind spot. It makes you awere of things that you are doing that can be coutnerproductive to your life, and relations with others.

      Eg. Habbit to repeat the same thing over and over. Or habit to talk over other people, and not understanding to take turns and see facial queues from others.

      They are all things that you can learn to be better at.
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    • Amazon
      tldG64

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      tldG64
      ^Fair point. Thanks!
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    fishdikk

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    fishdikk
    If you're a socially awkward, introverted, clumsy engineer, that test will make it look like you're autistic lol correlation doesn't imply causation.
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