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Wired 9.12: Take The AQ Test

Wired 9.12: Take The AQ Test
Take The AQ Test Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives. How to score: "Definitely agree" or "Slightly agree" responses to questions 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 33, 35, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46 score 1 point. and Developmental Disorders, 31, 5-17 (2001). Previous Story: The Geek Syndrome Next Story: For More on Autism Related:  test diversStudies in consciousness

ARC Tests Various tests have been devised by ARC for use in the course of our research. Some of these tests are made available here for download. You are welcome to download these tests provided that they are used for genuine research purposes, and provided due acknowledgement of ARC as the source is given. Adult Asperger Assessment (AAA) Adult Asperger Assessment (AAA) (Version 2, revised 2012. Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) (Adult) Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) AQ Scoring Key Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) - العربية (Dr Gaddour, Dr Missaoui, Dr Boussaid Medical University of Monastir Tunisia .) Autism Spectrum Quotient - 10 items (AQ-10) (Adult) Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) (Adolescent) Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) (Adolescent) AQ (Adolescent) Scoring Key Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) (Adolescent) - Español (Chile) (Cristián Vásquez University of Chile, Santiago.) Autism Spectrum Quotient - 10 items (AQ-10) (Adolescent) Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) (Child) Empathy Quotient (EQ) for Adults

Why Lying Broken in a Pile on Your Bedroom Floor is a Good Idea. ~ Julie (JC) Peters The Goddess of never not broken. You know that feeling when you have just gone through a breakup, or lost your job, and everything is terrible and terrifying and you don’t know what to do, and you find yourself crying in a pile on your bedroom floor, barely able to remember how to use the phone, desperately looking for some sign of God in old letters, or your Facebook newsfeed or on Glee, finding nothing there to comfort you? Come on, yes you do. We all do. And there is a goddess from Hindu mythology that teaches us that, in this moment, in this pile on the floor, you are more powerful than you’ve ever been. This past week, I have been deeply inspired by a talk I heard on the Yoga Teacher Telesummit by Eric Stoneberg on this relatively unknown Goddess from Hindu mythology: Akhilandeshvari. This figure has snuck up inside me and settled into my bones. The answer, it turns out, is this: in pieces, warrior-style, on the back of a crocodile. Akhilandeshvari: And of course, this is terrifying.

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Échelle d'Évaluation Globale du Fonctionnement Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. L’Échelle d'Évaluation Globale du Fonctionnement (EGF, ou GAF en anglais, pour Global Assessment of Functioning) est une échelle numérique (allant de 0 à 100) utilisée en psychiatrie pour évaluer le fonctionnement psychologique, social et professionnel d’un individu. Il s’agit d’un continuum hypothétique allant de la santé mentale à la maladie. Cotation[modifier | modifier le code] Un score de 0 à 100 est attribué au patient en tenant compte uniquement du fonctionnement psychologique, social et professionnel actuel. Afin de rendre compte de l'éventuelle variabilité au jour le jour, la cotation de l'EGF est parfois opérationnalisée comme étant le niveau de fonctionnement le plus bas pour la semaine précédente. En cas de comorbidité psychiatrique, incluant plusieurs scores EGF, c'est le score le plus bas qui doit être retenu. Axe V EGF = 83 (niveau le plus élevé de l'année écoulée) EGF / GAF[modifier | modifier le code] Information inadéquate.

How to Help Someone Who Won’t Help Themselves “We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.” ~Pema Chodron Recently I got into a hypothetical conversation with someone who very quickly turned hostile and accusatory. Let’s call her Jane. My first instinct was to get defensive, but then I realized this subject was quite raw for Jane, and there was likely something going on below the surface. Usually when people are combative seemingly without cause, there’s some underlying pain fueling it. As we got to the root of things, I learned that Jane was holding onto anger toward someone she once loved, and she felt a strong, driving need to convince people that this other person was wrong. Since she acknowledged that she’d been feeling depressed, lonely, and helpless, I felt obligated to at least try to help her see things from a different perspective. She was committed to being angry and hurt, and all she wanted from me was validation that she was justified. So what do we want? 1. 2. 3.

Échelle australienne du Syndrome d'Asperger par M.S. Garnett et A.J. Attwood. Le questionnaire suivant est conçu pour identifier des comportements et des capacités indicatifs du syndrome d'Asperger chez les enfants pendant leurs années d'école primaire. A. Est-ce que l'enfant comprend mal comment il faut faire pour jouer avec les autres enfants ? B. L'enfant prend-il les expressions ou commentaires au pied de la lettre ? C. L'enfant lit-il des livres surtout pour s'informer, ne semblant pas très intéressé par la fiction ? D. Est-ce que l'enfant est fasciné par un sujet particulier, et recueille avidement de l'information ou des statistiques en rapport avec cet intérêt ? E. L'enfant a-t-il une mauvaise coordination motrice ? F. Dans cette section, notez, pour chacune des caractéristiques suivantes, si l'enfant l'a présentée : © 1994, M.S. Tous les éléments du site ASPERANSA (logo, graphisme, dénominations …) sont la propriété exclusive de l'association (sauf mention contraire explicite).

Brains of liberals, conservatives structured differently: study - CTV News Perhaps the reason that liberals and conservatives have such a hard time seeing eye-to-eye is because when they're compared brain-to-brain, they're built quite differently. A new study that analyzed the brain structures of peoples' brains based on their political affiliations has found some significant differences. Essentially, they found that liberals have more gray matter in a part of the brain associated with understanding complexity, while the conservative brain is bigger in the section related to processing fear. The study, which appears in Current Biology, was conducted by Ryota Kanai of the University College London. People who reported that their views veered to the liberal side of the political spectrum tended to have a larger anterior cingulate cortex, which is a brain area involved in processing conflicting information. Those with conservative views were more likely to have a larger amygdala, a region important for recognizing threats and processing fear.

info ADOS-ADI Nos tests cliniques pour l’Autisme - ADI-R, ADOS, ADOS-2 et SCQ Les premiers signes de l'autisme et des TEDs en général sont détectables dans la petite enfance, généralement entre 1 et 3 ans. Des signes précoces doivent alerter les parents et les conduire à se renseigner, qui peuvent être par exemple : un langage "en retard"un manque d'intérêt pour les autres, adultes et enfants pas de pointage du doigt regard fuyantcrises de colère ou d'angoisse, refus du changement, besoin de routines et de rituels jeux répétitifs, ou mouvements bizarres des yeux, du corps, des bras, des mains (flapping) Le consensus scientifique international, auquel les chercheurs et cliniciens français se rallient également peu à peu, est que l'autisme est un trouble neurodéveloppemental. L’ADOS et ADI-R sont deux outils qui permettent le diagnostic et l’évaluation de l’autisme, ils sont disponible en version française L’échelle d’observation est composée de cinq modules. Description des modules ADOS-2 :

Responsibility Expoundathon | Lady Lubyanka © Ron Tandberg I’ve had quite a few problems with people who persistently abdicate and/or misattribute responsibility. Mostly due to these problems, I’ve formulated a certain view of human responsibility. I’ve spend a super goodly amount of time considering this view, and challenging it, and rethinking it, and testing it against diverse circumstances and other ideas, and so far it’s always held true. And the more it holds true, the more it supports my other ideas about people. So I cling to my view of human responsibility pretty strongly, and it supports and flavours pretty much every idea I have about all human beings and everything they do. Now, I understand that many people have complex ideas about responsibility and culpability, and stuff which causes other stuff. Note that I don’t require people to agree, just to understand where I’m coming from. This post is for my convenience so I can link to a clear explanation of my view of human responsibility. First principles: Conclusionosity

Diagnostic Comment les TSA sont-ils diagnostiqués? L’évaluation d’un enfant pour un TSA potentiel est source d’inquiétude pour les parents, notamment parce qu’il n’existe pas de test médical simple pour établir ce diagnostic. Un diagnostic de TSA repose sur l’observation des niveaux de communication, de comportement et de développement de l’enfant. On ne diagnostique pas un TSA en se fondant sur un seul facteur ou symptôme. Ce diagnostic est établi lorsque les points suivants sont attestés : Le Manuel diagnostique et statistique des troubles mentaux sert de ligne directrice pour définir les critères énoncés ci-dessus. Les professionnels qualifiés disposent de plusieurs outils pour les aider à établir un diagnostic, par exemple l’ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule), la CARS (Childhood Autism Rating Scale) et/ou l’ADI-R (Autism Diagnostic Interview – Revised). Il s’agissait vraiment d’un moment bouleversant. Qui peut établir un diagnostic de TSA? RetourProchain

Quotes - Let's Talk Sense Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? -T. S. "What good fortune for those in power that the people do not think." "Through clever and constant application of propaganda people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way around, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise." "It also gives us a very special, secret pleasure to see how unaware the people around us are of what is really happening to them. " Adolf Hitler" "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. "My ideal of education is hard. “The Jewish people are to be exterminated,” says every party member. "Those who cast the votes decide nothing. "Once a government resorts to terror against its own population to get what it wants, it must keep using terror against its own population to get what it wants. The CIA is not now nor has it ever been a central intelligence agency. - John F. - Dante

Tests en ligne pour le syndrome d'asperger et l'autisme Traduction libre de avec autorisation de l'auteur, Archimedes. Il est difficile de trouver sur le web de bons outils d'auto-diagnostic, en Français, pour l'autisme et le syndrome d'Asperger, ainsi moi, Frédéric, a pris l'initiative de traduire librement une page contenant quelques questionnaires en HTML. Cliquez sur les liens pour remplir les questionnaires puis cliquez sur "Calculer votre score!". Il apparaitra en dessous du bouton. Les questionnaires: AQ: Quotient Autistique Êtes-vous proche de l'autisme?? Voici quelques scores typiques: Les deux sexes sont groupés dans la catégorie Asperger car leurs scores sont similaires. Par contre ils sont séparés dans la catégorie Normale car les scores sont souvent différents: h: homme f: femme

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