Autism self-checks that name patterns, not verdicts

What these tests can and cannot tell you

Every page here is written for adults about themselves, and none of them is an autism test. The Autistic Traits Self-Check asks about original everyday situations and reports five patterns separately: social effort and its cost, sensory load, routine and change, focus and deep interests, and masking and recovery. The Camouflaging Self-Check reproduces a published questionnaire verbatim under its open licence and reports its authors' three subscales one at a time. Neither gives a total, a cut-off or a verdict, and neither can tell you whether you are autistic. Only a trained team that takes a developmental history, speaks where possible to someone who knew you as a child, observes you directly, and weighs ADHD, social anxiety, difficult past experiences, hearing and other sensory conditions and personality can reach that conclusion. Use a result to describe concrete situations if you seek that assessment. There is no advertising in this category. If you feel unsafe, use the crisis numbers below before you take any test.