Relevance of Attwoods Aspie criteria
A while ago I checked Tony Attwoods “Aspie criteria” in Aspie-quiz. The statements were reformulated as questions and added as experimental questions (and thus were mixed-up with ordinary questions). It was done like this so people would answer them truthfully. Attwoods statements have mixed relevance, with a few highly relevant statements, and some with absolutely no relevance.
Very good relevance (more than 0.6 in correlation to Aspie-score)
- Do you have acute sensitivity to specific sensory experiences and stimuli (e.g. hearing, touch, vision, and/or smell)?
Good relevance (between 0.45 and 0.59 in correlation)
- Do you dislike discussing a topic that may not be of primary interest?
- Do you have an strong preferece for detail over gestalt?
- Do you have an original, often unique perspective in problem solving?
- Do you have an avid perseverance in gathering and cataloguing information on a topic of interest?
- Do you have knowledge of routines and a focused desire to maintain order and accuracy?
Some relevance (between 0.3 and 0.44 in correlation)
- Do you speak your mind irrespective of social context or adherence to personal beliefs?
- Do you seek an audience or friends capable of enthusiasm for unique interests and topics?
- Are you primarily interested in significant contributions to conversation over ritualistic small talk or socially trivial statements and superficial conversation?
- Do you prefer conversation free of hidden meaning or agenda?
- Do you have an advanced use of pictorial metaphors?
- Do you have exceptional memory and/or recall of details often forgotten or disregarded by others, for example: names, dates, schedules, routines?
- Are your thoughts persistent?
- Do you have encyclopaedic or “CD ROM” knowledge of one or more topics?
- Are you values/decision making unaltered by political or financial factors?
- Are you a “social unsung hero” with trusting optimism: frequent victim of social weaknesses of others, while steadfast in the belief of the possibility of genuine friendship?
Insignificant relavance (between 0.15 and 0.29 in correlation)
- Do you show absolute loyalty and impeccable dependability in peer relationships?
- Are you determined to seek the truth?
- Do you have an advanced vocabulary and interest in words?
- Are you fascinated with word-based humor (e.g. puns)?
- Do you often take care of others outside the range of typical development?
No relevance (less than 0.15 in correlation)
- Are you free of sexist, “age-ist” or culturalist biases and regard others at “face value”?
- Do you have the ability to pursue personal theory or perspective despite conflicting evidence?
- Do you listen without continual judgement or assumption?
- Do you seek sincere, positive, genuine friends with an unassuming sense of humor?
- Are you good at individual sports and games, particularly those involving endurance or visual accuracy, including rowing, swimming, bowling, chess?
- Have you attended university after high school?
Most of the statements are related to Aspie talent, which is expected.