Survey Results
These results are dynamically generated and provide a side-by-side view of how autism is seen, as given by all who have taken the surveys. These should not be used for statistical purposes, but as the number of surveys taken grows, the statistics will naturally become more and more accurate. The real purpose of these surveys is to educate, and hopefully correct some of the assumptions about autism that many of us, autistics and neurotypicals alike, may make.
DSM-IV | Sensory Issues | Executive Function | Social Characteristics
Physical Characteristics | Cognitive Characteristics | Work Characteristics
Co-Morbid Conditions | Questionnaire
Control Group Survey Results
Social Characteristics | Physical Characteristics
Cognitive Characteristics | Work Characteristics
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Autism/Asperger's (Based on "Asperger's Syndrome Characteristics" by Roger Meyer) |
| Autistics Surveys | Undecided Surveys | Neurotypical (Control) Surveys |
Surveys taken: 169
"Type" of Autism:
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | LFA 2% |  | | HFA 17% |  | | Asperger 71% |  | | ASD 5% |  | | PDD 5% |  |
| Surveys taken: 155
"Type" of Autism:
Not asked. | Surveys taken: 32
"Type" of Autism:
Not Asked. |
Diagnosed:
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Yes 63% | | | No 37% | |
| Diagnosed:
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Yes 10% | | | No 90% | |
| Diagnosed:
Not Asked. |
Age: | Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Over 18: 92.3% | | | Under 18: 7.7% | |
| Age: | Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Over 18: 88.4% | | | Under 18: 11.6% | |
| Age: | Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Over 18: 100% | | | Under 18: 0% | |
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Gender:
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Male 41% | | | Female 57% | | | Other 1% | |
| Gender:
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Male 30% | | | Female 66% | | | Other 4% | |
| Gender:
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Male 16% | | | Female 84% | | | Other 0% | |
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Part IV: Work Characteristics |
(a) Difficulty with "teamwork"
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 49% | | | Moderate 29% | | | Mild 17% | | | No 5% | |
| (a) Difficulty with "teamwork"
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 41% | | | Moderate 30% | | | Mild 21% | | | No 9% | |
| (a) Difficulty with "teamwork"
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 3% | | | Moderate 22% | | | Mild 16% | | | No 59% | |
| (b) Deliberate withholding of peak performance due to belief that one's best efforts may remain unrecognized, unrewarded, or appropriated by others
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 14% | | | Moderate 20% | | | Mild 21% | | | No 46% | |
| (b) Deliberate withholding of peak performance due to belief that one's best efforts may remain unrecognized, unrewarded, or appropriated by others
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 15% | | | Moderate 15% | | | Mild 19% | | | No 50% | |
| (b) Deliberate withholding of peak performance due to belief that one's best efforts may remain unrecognized, unrewarded, or appropriated by others
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 0% | | | Moderate 9% | | | Mild 9% | | | No 81% | |
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(c) Intense pride in expertise or performance, often perceived by others as "flouting behavior"
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 20% | | | Moderate 33% | | | Mild 22% | | | No 25% | |
| (c) Intense pride in expertise or performance, often perceived by others as "flouting behavior"
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 16% | | | Moderate 23% | | | Mild 26% | | | No 34% | |
| (c) Intense pride in expertise or performance, often perceived by others as "flouting behavior"
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 0% | | | Moderate 6% | | | Mild 25% | | | No 69% | |
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(d) Sarcasm, negativism, criticism
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 35% | | | Moderate 23% | | | Mild 18% | | | No 24% | |
| (d) Sarcasm, negativism, criticism
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 27% | | | Moderate 30% | | | Mild 19% | | | No 24% | |
| (d) Sarcasm, negativism, criticism
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 6% | | | Moderate 13% | | | Mild 56% | | | No 25% | |
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(e) Difficulty in accepting compliments, often responding with quizzical or self-deprecatory language
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 53% | | | Moderate 20% | | | Mild 17% | | | No 10% | |
| (e) Difficulty in accepting compliments, often responding with quizzical or self-deprecatory language
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 40% | | | Moderate 32% | | | Mild 15% | | | No 14% | |
| (e) Difficulty in accepting compliments, often responding with quizzical or self-deprecatory language
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 16% | | | Moderate 16% | | | Mild 44% | | | No 25% | |
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(f) Tendency to "lose it" during sensory overload, multitask demands, or when contradictory and confusing priorities have been set
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 51% | | | Moderate 22% | | | Mild 17% | | | No 9% | |
| (f) Tendency to "lose it" during sensory overload, multitask demands, or when contradictory and confusing priorities have been set
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 41% | | | Moderate 28% | | | Mild 25% | | | No 6% | |
| (f) Tendency to "lose it" during sensory overload, multitask demands, or when contradictory and confusing priorities have been set
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 3% | | | Moderate 3% | | | Mild 47% | | | No 47% | |
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(g) Difficult in starting project
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 36% | | | Moderate 32% | | | Mild 20% | | | No 12% | |
| (g) Difficult in starting project
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 42% | | | Moderate 29% | | | Mild 20% | | | No 9% | |
| (g) Difficult in starting project
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 9% | | | Moderate 25% | | | Mild 31% | | | No 34% | |
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(h) Discomfort with competition, out of scale reactions to losing
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 29% | | | Moderate 27% | | | Mild 27% | | | No 17% | |
| (h) Discomfort with competition, out of scale reactions to losing
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 23% | | | Moderate 28% | | | Mild 23% | | | No 26% | |
| (h) Discomfort with competition, out of scale reactions to losing
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 0% | | | Moderate 9% | | | Mild 25% | | | No 66% | |
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(i) Low motivation to perform tasks of no immediate personal interest
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 56% | | | Moderate 27% | | | Mild 14% | | | No 3% | |
| (i) Low motivation to perform tasks of no immediate personal interest
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 54% | | | Moderate 23% | | | Mild 16% | | | No 7% | |
| (i) Low motivation to perform tasks of no immediate personal interest
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 16% | | | Moderate 13% | | | Mild 38% | | | No 34% | |
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(j) Oversight or forgetting of tasks without formal reminders such as lists or schedules
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 52% | | | Moderate 23% | | | Mild 17% | | | No 8% | |
| (j) Oversight or forgetting of tasks without formal reminders such as lists or schedules
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 41% | | | Moderate 28% | | | Mild 21% | | | No 9% | |
| (j) Oversight or forgetting of tasks without formal reminders such as lists or schedules
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 16% | | | Moderate 13% | | | Mild 44% | | | No 28% | |
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(k) Great concern about order and appearance of personal work area
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 22% | | | Moderate 20% | | | Mild 25% | | | No 33% | |
| (k) Great concern about order and appearance of personal work area
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 19% | | | Moderate 18% | | | Mild 21% | | | No 42% | |
| (k) Great concern about order and appearance of personal work area
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 9% | | | Moderate 3% | | | Mild 22% | | | No 66% | |
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(l) Slow performance
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 22% | | | Moderate 30% | | | Mild 20% | | | No 28% | |
| (l) Slow performance
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 15% | | | Moderate 30% | | | Mild 24% | | | No 31% | |
| (l) Slow performance
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 0% | | | Moderate 9% | | | Mild 28% | | | No 63% | |
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(m) Perfectionism
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 38% | | | Moderate 38% | | | Mild 17% | | | No 7% | |
| (m) Perfectionism
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 37% | | | Moderate 31% | | | Mild 23% | | | No 9% | |
| (m) Perfectionism
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 22% | | | Moderate 22% | | | Mild 34% | | | No 22% | |
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(n) Difficult with unstructured time
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 40% | | | Moderate 31% | | | Mild 17% | | | No 12% | |
| (n) Difficult with unstructured time
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 30% | | | Moderate 26% | | | Mild 19% | | | No 25% | |
| (n) Difficult with unstructured time
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 6% | | | Moderate 6% | | | Mild 25% | | | No 63% | |
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(o) Reluctance to ask for help or seek comfort
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 52% | | | Moderate 26% | | | Mild 15% | | | No 7% | |
| (o) Reluctance to ask for help or seek comfort
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 53% | | | Moderate 24% | | | Mild 16% | | | No 7% | |
| (o) Reluctance to ask for help or seek comfort
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 16% | | | Moderate 22% | | | Mild 31% | | | No 31% | |
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(p) Excessive questions
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 27% | | | Moderate 33% | | | Mild 17% | | | No 24% | |
| (p) Excessive questions
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 19% | | | Moderate 25% | | | Mild 23% | | | No 34% | |
| (p) Excessive questions
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 0% | | | Moderate 13% | | | Mild 16% | | | No 72% | |
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(q) Low sensitivity to risks in the environment to self and/or others
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 12% | | | Moderate 27% | | | Mild 27% | | | No 33% | |
| (q) Low sensitivity to risks in the environment to self and/or others
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 13% | | | Moderate 15% | | | Mild 27% | | | No 45% | |
| (q) Low sensitivity to risks in the environment to self and/or others
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 0% | | | Moderate 3% | | | Mild 19% | | | No 78% | |
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(r) Difficulty with writing and reports
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 23% | | | Moderate 20% | | | Mild 20% | | | No 37% | |
| (r) Difficulty with writing and reports
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 23% | | | Moderate 25% | | | Mild 14% | | | No 39% | |
| (r) Difficulty with writing and reports
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 3% | | | Moderate 3% | | | Mild 13% | | | No 81% | |
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(s) Reliance on internal speech process to "talk" oneself through a task or procedure
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 34% | | | Moderate 39% | | | Mild 18% | | | No 9% | |
| (s) Reliance on internal speech process to "talk" oneself through a task or procedure
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 32% | | | Moderate 28% | | | Mild 30% | | | No 10% | |
| (s) Reliance on internal speech process to "talk" oneself through a task or procedure
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 6% | | | Moderate 16% | | | Mild 34% | | | No 44% | |
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(t) Stress, frustration and anger reaction to interruptions
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 36% | | | Moderate 24% | | | Mild 24% | | | No 16% | |
| (t) Stress, frustration and anger reaction to interruptions
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 33% | | | Moderate 24% | | | Mild 24% | | | No 19% | |
| (t) Stress, frustration and anger reaction to interruptions
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 3% | | | Moderate 9% | | | Mild 38% | | | No 50% | |
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(u) Difficulty in negotiating either in conflict situations or as a self-advocate
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 42% | | | Moderate 32% | | | Mild 15% | | | No 11% | |
| (u) Difficulty in negotiating either in conflict situations or as a self-advocate
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 44% | | | Moderate 22% | | | Mild 19% | | | No 15% | |
| (u) Difficulty in negotiating either in conflict situations or as a self-advocate
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 6% | | | Moderate 22% | | | Mild 22% | | | No 50% | |
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(v) Very low level of assertiveness
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 40% | | | Moderate 29% | | | Mild 17% | | | No 14% | |
| (v) Very low level of assertiveness
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 38% | | | Moderate 25% | | | Mild 17% | | | No 19% | |
| (v) Very low level of assertiveness
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 6% | | | Moderate 9% | | | Mild 41% | | | No 44% | |
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(w) Reluctance to accept positions of authority or supervision
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 43% | | | Moderate 27% | | | Mild 12% | | | No 18% | |
| (w) Reluctance to accept positions of authority or supervision
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 43% | | | Moderate 28% | | | Mild 14% | | | No 15% | |
| (w) Reluctance to accept positions of authority or supervision
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 6% | | | Moderate 19% | | | Mild 16% | | | No 59% | |
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(x) Strong desire to coach or mentor newcomers
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 15% | | | Moderate 15% | | | Mild 21% | | | No 50% | |
| (x) Strong desire to coach or mentor newcomers
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 19% | | | Moderate 20% | | | Mild 21% | | | No 41% | |
| (x) Strong desire to coach or mentor newcomers
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 16% | | | Moderate 19% | | | Mild 28% | | | No 38% | |
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(y) Difficulty in handling relationships with authority figures
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 34% | | | Moderate 32% | | | Mild 16% | | | No 18% | |
| (y) Difficulty in handling relationships with authority figures
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 38% | | | Moderate 23% | | | Mild 24% | | | No 15% | |
| (y) Difficulty in handling relationships with authority figures
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 3% | | | Moderate 25% | | | Mild 25% | | | No 47% | |
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(z) Often viewed as vulnerable or less able to resist harassment and badgering by others
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 44% | | | Moderate 20% | | | Mild 18% | | | No 18% | |
| (z) Often viewed as vulnerable or less able to resist harassment and badgering by others
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 34% | | | Moderate 24% | | | Mild 19% | | | No 23% | |
| (z) Often viewed as vulnerable or less able to resist harassment and badgering by others
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 3% | | | Moderate 6% | | | Mild 31% | | | No 59% | |
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(aa) Punctual and conscientious
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 40% | | | Moderate 28% | | | Mild 14% | | | No 17% | |
| (aa) Punctual and conscientious
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 31% | | | Moderate 22% | | | Mild 21% | | | No 26% | |
| (aa) Punctual and conscientious
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 22% | | | Moderate 41% | | | Mild 19% | | | No 19% | |
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(bb) Avoids socializing, "hanging out," or small talk on and off the job
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 53% | | | Moderate 25% | | | Mild 11% | | | No 10% | |
| (bb) Avoids socializing, "hanging out," or small talk on and off the job
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 43% | | | Moderate 21% | | | Mild 19% | | | No 17% | |
| (bb) Avoids socializing, "hanging out," or small talk on and off the job
| Percent | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | | Significant 6% | | | Moderate 22% | | | Mild 28% | | | No 44% | |
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