The goal of this test is to check for broader autism cluster and neurotypical traits in adults. Broader autism cluster traits can give a reliable indication of autism spectrum traits prior to an eventual diagnosis.

1. Do you tend to express your feelings in ways that may baffle others?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
2. Do you expect other people to know your thoughts, experiences and opinions without you having to tell them?
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- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
3. Do you instinctively become frightened by the sound of a motor-bike?
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- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
4. Do you get confused by several verbal instructions at the same time?
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- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
5. Are your eyes extra sensitive to strong light and glare?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
6. Do you fiddle with things?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
7. Are you more sexually attracted to strangers than to people you know well?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
8. Do you mistake noises for voices?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
9. Do you find it easy to describe your feelings?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
10. Do you like tongue-kissing?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
11. Do you have an urge to observe the habits of humans and/or animals?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
12. Has it been harder for you than for others to keep friends?
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- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
13. Do you get a pleasurable tingling sensation in the head, scalp or back of the body in response to certain sounds?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
14. Are you asexual?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
15. Is your sense of humor fairly conventional?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
16. Do you have an avid perseverance in gathering and/or cataloguing information on a topic of interest?
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- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
17. Do you need a lot of motivation to do things?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
18. Do you find it hard to tell the age of people?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
19. Do you rock back-&-forth or side-to-side (e.g. for comfort, to calm yourself, when excited or overstimulated)?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
20. Do you prefer to keep to yourself?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
21. Do you have a fascination for slowly flowing water?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
22. Do you have odd hair (for example multiple whorls, standing up when short or other peculiarities)?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
23. Do you have problems recognizing faces (prosopagnosia)?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
24. In a conversation, do you tend to focus on your own thoughts rather than on what your listener might be thinking?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
25. Have you been accused of staring?
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- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
26. Do you have a tendency to become stuck when asked questions in social situation?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
27. Do you stay away from situations where people might express affection for you?
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- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
28. Do you have an alternative view of what is attractive in the opposite sex?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
29. Do you dislike it when people stamp their foot in the floor?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
30. Do you feel an urge to peel flakes off yourself and / or others?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
31. Do you have problems with timing in conversations?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
32. Do you take pride in your appearance?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
33. Do recently heard tunes or rhythms tend to stick and replay themselves repeatedly in your head?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
34. Before doing something or going somewhere, do you need to have a picture in your mind of what's going to happen so as to be able to prepare yourself mentally first?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
35. Do you have one special talent which you have emphasised and worked on?
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- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
36. Do you examine the hair of people you like a lot?
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- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
37. Do you have a monotonous voice?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
38. In conversations, do you need extra time to carefully think out your reply, so that there may be a pause before you answer?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
39. Do you enjoy traditional dating?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
40. Do you like to protect people you are attached to even when they didn't ask for it?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
41. Do you like to follow (walk behind) people you are attached to?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
42. Do you need to do things yourself in order to remember them?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
43. Do you enjoy travel?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
44. Do you have, or used to have, imaginary relationships?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
45. Do you find it hard to recognise phone numbers when said in a different way?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
46. Do you feel that you are a very special or unusual person?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
47. Are you good at interpreting facial expressions?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
48. Do others often misunderstand you?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
49. Do you prefer to hug only a romantic partner?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
50. Do you have problems filling out forms?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
51. Do you feel as if you are being persecuted in some way?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
52. Do you tend to develop romantic feelings for people that persistently shows interest for you?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
53. Do you tend to say things that are considered socially inappropriate when you are tired, frustrated or when you act naturally?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
54. Do you usually find faults with others' opinions that you don't share?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
55. Do you tap your ears or press your eyes (e.g. when thinking, when stressed or distressed)?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
56. Do you bite your lip, cheek or tongue (e.g. when thinking, when anxious or nervous)?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
57. Do you enjoy spinning in circles?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
58. Have others told you that you have an odd posture or gait?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
59. In conversations, do you use small sounds that others don't seem to use?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
60. As a teenager, were you usually unaware of social rules & boundaries unless they were clearly spelled out?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
61. Do you realize hours later that somebody that you have a romantic interest for actually showed interest for you, and then feel bad about the missed opportunity to connect?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
62. Are you shy?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
63. Do you have certain routines which you need to follow?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
64. Do you wring your hands, rub your hands together or twirl your fingers?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
65. Do you find it hard to be emotionally close to other people?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
66. Do you have an urge to jump over things?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
67. Do you have trouble reading clocks?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
68. Do you notice patterns in things all the time?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
69. Do you find it very hard to learn things that you are not interested in?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
70. Do you tend to get so absorbed by your special interests that you forget or ignore everything else?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
71. Do you obstruct others' plans?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
72. Are you sensitive to changes in humidity and air pressure?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
73. Do you dislike it when people drop by to visit you uninvited?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
74. Would you quickly become impatient and irritated if you could not find a solution to a problem?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
75. Do you tend to look a lot at people you like and little or not at all at people you dislike?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
76. Are you good at team-work?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
77. Are you bothered by clothes tags or light touch?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
78. Do you have an urge to learn the routines of people you know?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
79. Is it hard for you to see why some things upset people so much?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
80. Do you have difficulty describing & summarising things for example events, conversations or something you've read?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
81. Do you find it easy to estimate the age of people?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
82. Is your sense of humor different from mainstream or considered odd?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
83. Do you find it disturbing or upsetting when others show up either later or sooner than agreed?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
84. Do you accept criticism, correction and direction?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
85. Do you prefer to construct your own set of spiritual beliefs rather than following existing religions / belief-systems?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
86. Are you sometimes afraid in safe situations?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
87. Do you find it difficult to take notes in lectures?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
88. Have people you formed strong attachments to taken advantage of you?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
89. Do you have a good sense of how much pressure to apply when doing things with your hands?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
90. Do you have problems finding your way to new places?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
91. Do you have extra sensitive hearing?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
92. Do you tend to interpret things literally?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
93. Do you have difficulty accepting criticism, correction, and direction?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
94. Do you prefer to only meet people you know, one-on-one, or in small, familiar groups?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
95. Will you abandon your friends if your activities or ideals clash?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
96. Do you find it easier to understand and communicate with odd & unusual people than with ordinary people?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
97. Do you find it difficult to take messages on the telephone and pass them on correctly?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
98. Have your thoughts ever been so vivid that you were worried other people would hear them?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
99. Do you enjoy big events even if they are crowded?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
100. Do you have unusual sexual preferences?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
101. Do you tend to shut down or have a meltdown when stressed or overwhelmed?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
102. Do people sometimes think you are smiling at the wrong occasion?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
103. Are you easily distracted?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
104. Do you prefer to do things on your own even if you could use others' help or expertise?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
105. Do you dislike when people walk behind you?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
106. Do you forget you are in a social situation when something gets your attention?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
107. Do you work slowly on jobs you dislike?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
108. Do you see your own activities as more important than other people's?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
109. Do you find yourself at ease in romantic situations?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
110. Do you instinctively know when it is your turn to speak when talking on the phone?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
111. Have you experienced stronger than normal attachments to certain people?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
112. Can you easily remember verbal instructions?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
113. Do you talk to yourself?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
114. Do you need lists and schedules in order to get things done?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
115. Do you pace (e.g. when thinking or anxious)?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
116. Do you have difficulties judging distances, height, depth or speed?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
117. Do you feel irritated when one person disagrees with what everyone else in a group believes?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
118. Is it hard for you to approach somebody you are attracted to?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
119. Is it important for you to find a unique niche where you can acquire unique competence?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
120. If there is an interruption, can you quickly return to what you were doing before?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
121. Do you find it natural to wave or say 'hi' when you meet people?
- Don't Know
- No/Never
- A Little
- Yes/Often
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