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Autism Spectrum Quotient Children’s Version (AQ-Child)

Instructions:
Please choose the response that best describes how strongly each statement applies to the child.

Definitely
Definitely Agree Slightly Agree Slightly Disagree
Disagree

They prefer to do things with others rather than on

1
their own
0 1 2 3

They prefer to do things the same way over and over

2
again
3 2 1 0

If they try to imagine something, they find it very easy

3
to create a picture in their mind
0 1 2 3

They frequently get so strongly absorbed in one thing

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that they lose sight of other things
3 2 1 0

5 They often notice small sounds when others do not 3 2 1 0

They usually notice house numbers or similar strings

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of information
3 2 1 0

They have difficulty understanding rules for polite

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behaviour
3 2 1 0

When they are reading a story, they can easily

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imagine what the characters might look like
0 1 2 3

9 They are fascinated by dates 3 2 1 0

In a social group, they can easily keep track of

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several different people's conversations
0 1 2 3

11 They find social situations easy 0 1 2 3

12 They tend to notice details that others do not 3 2 1 0

13 They would rather go to a library than a birthday party 3 2 1 0

14 They find making up stories easy 0 1 2 3

They are drawn more strongly to people than to

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things
0 1 2 3

They tend to have very strong interests, which they

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get upset about if they cannot pursue
3 2 1 0

17 They enjoy social chit-chat 0 1 2 3

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Definitely Agree Slightly Agree Slightly Disagree
Disagree

When they talk, it is not always easy for others to get

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a word in edgeways
3 2 1 0

19 They are fascinated by numbers 3 2 1 0

When they are reading a story, they find it difficult to

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work out the characters' intentions or feelings
3 2 1 0

21 They do not particularly enjoy fictional stories 3 2 1 0

22 They find it hard to make new friends 3 2 1 0

23 They notice patterns in things all the time 3 2 1 0

24 They would rather go to the cinema than a museum 0 1 2 3

It does not upset them if their daily routine is

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disturbed
0 1 2 3

They do not know how to keep a conversation going

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with their peers
3 2 1 0

They find it easy to "read between the lines" when

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someone is talking to them
0 1 2 3

They usually concentrate more on the whole picture,

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rather than the small details
0 1 2 3

They are not very good at remembering phone

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numbers
0 1 2 3

They do not usually notice small changes in a

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situation, or a person's appearance
0 1 2 3

They know how to tell if someone listening to them is

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getting bored
0 1 2 3

They find it easy to go back and forth between

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different activities
0 1 2 3

When they talk on the phone, they are not sure when
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it is their turn to speak
3 2 1 0

34 They enjoy doing things spontaneously 0 1 2 3

They are often the last to understand the point of a

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joke
3 2 1 0

They find it easy to work out what someone is

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thinking or feeling just by looking at their face
0 1 2 3

If there is an interruption, they can switch back to

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what they were doing very quickly
0 1 2 3

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Disagree

38 They are good at social chit-chat 0 1 2 3

People often tell them that they keep going on and on

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about the same thing
3 2 1 0

When they were in preschool, they used to enjoy

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playing games involving pretending with other children
0 1 2 3
They like to collect information about categories of things
41 (e.g., types of car, types of bird, types of train, types of plant, 3 2 1 0
etc.)
They find it difficult to imagine what it would be like to
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be someone else
3 2 1 0

They like to plan any activities they participate in

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carefully
3 2 1 0

44 They enjoy social occasions 0 1 2 3

45 They find it difficult to work out people's intentions 3 2 1 0

46 New situations make them anxious 3 2 1 0

47 They enjoy meeting new people 0 1 2 3

They are good at taking care not to hurt other

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people's feelings
0 1 2 3

They are not very good at remembering people's date

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of birth
0 1 2 3

They find it very easy to play games with children that

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involve pretending
0 1 2 3

Developer Reference:
Auyeung, B., Baron-Cohen, S., Wheelwright, S., & Allison, C. (2008). The Autism Spectrum Quotient:
Children’s Version (AQ-Child). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(7), 1230–1240.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-007-0504-z

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