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Teen Autism Screen.

For parents of a young person aged 12 to 15. Ten quick questions. It takes about two minutes, your answers stay in your browser, and it's a screening tool, not a diagnosis.

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For each statement, choose the option that best reflects how much you agree or disagree, thinking about your child. This is a screening tool, not a diagnosis.

This screen is for a child aged 12 to 15, completed by you.

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  1. Question 1: S/he notices patterns in things all the time

    1.S/he notices patterns in things all the time

  2. Question 2: S/he usually concentrates more on the whole picture, rather than the small details

    2.S/he usually concentrates more on the whole picture, rather than the small details

  3. Question 3: In a social group, s/he can easily keep track of several different people's conversations

    3.In a social group, s/he can easily keep track of several different people's conversations

  4. Question 4: If there is an interruption, s/he can switch back to what s/he was doing very quickly

    4.If there is an interruption, s/he can switch back to what s/he was doing very quickly

  5. Question 5: S/he frequently finds that s/he doesn't know how to keep a conversation going

    5.S/he frequently finds that s/he doesn't know how to keep a conversation going

  6. Question 6: S/he is good at social chit-chat

    6.S/he is good at social chit-chat

  7. Question 7: When s/he was younger, s/he used to enjoy playing games involving pretending with other children

    7.When s/he was younger, s/he used to enjoy playing games involving pretending with other children

  8. Question 8: S/he finds it difficult to imagine what it would be like to be someone else

    8.S/he finds it difficult to imagine what it would be like to be someone else

  9. Question 9: S/he finds social situations easy

    9.S/he finds social situations easy

  10. Question 10: S/he finds it hard to make new friends

    10.S/he finds it hard to make new friends

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AQ-10 (Adolescent) created by the Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge (Allison, Auyeung, and Baron-Cohen, 2012). Reproduced for screening and educational use with attribution. A single score does not indicate autism; diagnosis requires clinical assessment.

Allison C, Auyeung B, Baron-Cohen S (2012). Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 51(2), 202 to 212.