Gifted Adult's Inventory of Aspergerisms

GAIA researches Aspergoid features in gifted adults. Determine your score below. Check each item you feel applies to you and click the button to see how many you checked. You can consult the statistics for this questionnaire for comparison and further information. Here is a description of Asperger Syndrome.

For clarity, Asperger Syndrome may occur at any IQ level from 70 up, but this inventory is aimed at the combination Asperger with high intelligence in adults, with its specific problems. In psychiatry, adults with Asperger often receive alternative diagnoses such as schizophrenia, depression or almost any personality disorder. Asperger Syndrome, thought by some to be identical to high-functioning autism, is especially similar to Nonverbal Learning Disability and Schizoid Personality.

Obviously, not all highly intelligent persons have Asperger. With no or few features from the list you do not have the condition. Even with a high score, one should realize only a psychiatrist can make a diagnosis, and other disorders than Asperger are possible too. A questionnaire cannot diagnose. Although it was originally conceived to detect Aspergoid features, it may actually be measuring a more general disposition for psychiatric disorders without being able to point to one specific disorder.

1 Write complaint letters to authorities, professionals, companies etc.
2 Read full manual before taking equipment into use
3 Severely bullied at school
4 Little or no facial expression
5 Not well able to read another's facial expression
6 Flat or monotonous voice
7 Rigid day or week schedule (repetitive patterns)
8 Strong interest in arcane subjects (either scientific, occult or trivial)
9 Lack sensitivity to nonverbal cues and social codes
10 Employed below ability level
11 Poor work record
12 Never had a steady job
13 Social isolation
14 Educated below ability level
16 Never married
17 Never had an amorous relationship
18 Still virgin
19 Fetishism
20 Read reference works from A to Z
21 Motor clumsiness
22 "Talk too much"
23 "Talk too little"
24 Low "social skills"
25 Little eye contact
26 Shy
28 One-sided eating habits
29 Capable of sustained rigorous hard work
32 Savant
33 Not taken seriously or misunderstood in face-to-face situations
34 Neurotic habits or tics
36 Diagnosed Schizophrenia
37 Diagnosed Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
38 Diagnosed any Personality Disorder
39 Very honest
41 Peculiar or (for males) too high-pitched voice
42 Not emotional
43 Highly sensitive to criticism
44 Lack "common sense"
45 Bitten by dogs
46 A-rhythmic speech or abnormal speech rhythm
47 Teased by children in adulthood
48 Clumsy or exaggerated gestures when talking
49 Unrightfully punished at school
50 Perfectionist
51 Longing for death or suicidal thoughts
52 Eating disorder (like anorexia)
53 Depression or on anti-depressant
54 Attached to animals or things rather than humans
55 On tranquillizers
56 Drug addict
57 Homeless
58 Sleeping problems
59 Stilted and overformal in social interaction
60 Oversensitive to particular sounds

You checked items out of 54.

If you have also taken intelligence tests scored by Paul Cooijmans or are about to do so and have already registered as a testee, it will be appreciated if you report your GAIA score. You may also be interested in the Personality Scales for Intelligent Adults (P.S.I.A.).

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