AQ questionnaire
For each statement below, choose one response that best describes how strongly that
statement applies to you:
Definitely Slightly Slightly Definitely
Agree Agree Disagree Disagree
1. I prefer to do things with others, rather than on my
own.
2. I prefer to do things the same way over and over
again.
3. If I try to imagine something, I find it very easy to
create a picture in my mind.
4. I frequently get so strongly absorbed in one thing that
I lose sight of other things.
5. I often notice small sounds when others do not.
6. I usually notice car number plates or similar strings of
information.
7. Other people frequently tell me that what I’ve said is
impolite, even though I think it is polite.
8. When I’m reading a story, I can easily imagine what
the characters might look like.
9. I am fascinated by dates.
10. In a social group, I can easily keep track of several
different people’s conversations.
11. I find social situations easy.
12. I tend to notice details that others do not.
13. I would rather go to a library than to a party.
14. I find making up stories easy.
15. I find myself drawn more strongly to people than to
things.
16. I tend to have very strong interests, which I get
upset about if I can’t pursue.
17. I enjoy social chitchat.
18. When I talk, it isn’t always easy for others to get a
word in edgewise.
19. I am fascinated by numbers.
20. When I’m reading a story, I find it difficult to work out
the characters’ intentions.
21. I don’t particularly enjoy reading fiction.
22. I find it hard to make new friends.
23. I notice patterns in things all the time.
24. I would rather go to the theatre than to a museum.
Definitely Slightly Slightly Definitely
Agree Agree Disagree Disagree
25. It does not upset me if my daily routine is disturbed.
26. I frequently find that I don’t know how to keep a
conversation going.
27. I find it easy to ‘read between the lines’ when
someone is talking to me.
28. I usually concentrate more on the whole picture,
rather than on the small details.
29. I am not very good at remembering phone numbers.
30. I don’t usually notice small changes in a situation or
a person’s appearance.
31. I don’t know how to tell if someone listening to me is
getting bored.
32. I find it easy to do more than one thing at once.
33. When I talk on the phone, I’m not sure when it’s my
turn to speak.
34. I enjoy doing things spontaneously.
35. I am often the last to understand the point of a joke.
36. I find it easy to work out what someone is thinking or
feeling just by looking at their face.
37. If there is an interruption, I can switch back to what I
was doing very quickly.
38. I am good at social chitchat.
39. People often tell me that I keep going on and on
about the same thing.
40. When I was young, I used to enjoy playing games
involving pretending with other children.
41. I like to collect information about categories of things
(e.g. types of cars, birds, trains, plants).
42. I find it difficult to imagine what it would be like to be
someone else.
43. I like to carefully plan any activities I participate in.
44. I enjoy social occasions.
45. I find it difficult to work out people’s intentions.
46. New situations make me anxious.
47. I enjoy meeting new people.
48. I am a good diplomat.
49. I am not very good at remembering people’s date of
birth.
50. I find it very easy to play games with children that
involve pretending.