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might be autistic?

Explore free, evidence-informed autism tests designed for adults

Compare validated questionnaires, understand your experiences, and
discover what to do next.

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Based on current autism research.

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Designed with and for autistic adults.

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Compare 20+ evidence-informed
autism questionnaires

Including tests for autism, ADHD, masking, burnout, alexithymia, empathy, PDA, executive skills, etc.

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Which test is right for you?

Each questionnaire looks at different traits and experiences.
Choose the one(s) that best fit(s) your needs.

General autistic
traits

Measures autistic traits across 5 areas: social skills, communication, attention, detail, and imagination.

  • Medium-length questionnaire
    (50 items)
  • Focus on everyday social and communication traits
  • Takes about 10–20 minutes

Ability to
empathize

A general measure of empathy (emotional & cognitive empathy) across different situations.

  • Comprehensive questionnaire
    (60 items)
  • Measures two types of empathy and the balance between them
  • Takes about 10–25 minutes

Broader autistic
traits

Explores autistic traits across 4 areas: social, sensory, language, and focused-interest patterns.

  • In-depth questionnaire
    (80 items)
  • Covers a wide range of autistic traits and experiences
  • Takes about 15–30 minutes

We also created our own test, which measures your autistic traits based on the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria:

Autistic traits

Measures autistic traits in 7 areas, including social communication and interaction, repetitive behaviours, routines, focused interests, and
sensory experiences.

  • Comprehensive questionnaire
    (70 items)
  • Explore patterns of traits commonly considered when clinicians assess someone for autism
  • Takes about 10–20 minutes

ADHD traits

Measures ADHD traits in 8 areas, including attention, planning & task management, time regulation, working memory, motivation, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and emotional regulation.

  • Comprehensive questionnaire
    (48 items)
  • Explore patterns of traits commonly considered when clinicians assess someone for ADHD
  • Takes about 10–15 minutes

Alongside the autism tests above,
we recommend taking the following tests:

Autistic camouflaging

Measures camouflaging based on
3 subcategories: compensation, masking, and assimilation.

  • Relatively short questionnaire
    (25 items)
  • Understand how you adapt and mask in different situations
  • Takes about 5–10 minutes

Autistic burnout

Assesses autistic burnout based on the impact of your chronic autistic stress and exhaustion.

  • Relatively short questionnaire
    (27 items)
  • Understand how socially
    burned out you are
  • Takes about 5–10 minutes

Other autism tests

Systemizing &
pattern-finding

A measure of your ability and propensity to detect, understand,
and use patterns.

  • Comprehensive questionnaire
    (75 items)
  • Explore your drive to analyze or construct systems
  • Takes about 10–20 minutes

Repetitive
behaviours

Assesses restricted and repetitive behaviours such as need for routine, special interests, and stimming.

  • Short questionnaire
    (20 items)
  • Explore your insistence on sameness & repetitive behaviours
  • Takes about 5–10 minutes

Reading eye
expressions

Measures your ability to understand and reason about mental states via eye expressions.

  • Medium-length questionnaire
    (36 items)
  • Find out if you can identify emotions via people’s eyes
  • Takes about 2–20 minutes

Aspie Quiz

Autistic &
NT traits

Measures autistic and NT traits in 5 areas: talent, perception, social, communication, and relationship.

  • Very extensive questionnaire
    (119 items)
  • A fun way to explore autistic traits, but other tests are more validated
  • Takes about 15–30 minutes

Burnout tests

Autistic burnout

Assesses autistic burnout based on the impact of your chronic autistic stress and exhaustion.

  • Relatively short questionnaire
    (27 items)
  • Understand how socially
    burned out you are
  • Takes about 5–10 minutes

Autistic burnout

Assesses autistic burnout based on the impact of your chronic autistic stress and exhaustion.

  • Short questionnaire
    (8 items)
  • The very first autistic burnout test based on seminal research
  • Takes about 2–5 minutes

3 Types of burnout

Measures 3 types of burnout: personal burnout, work/occupational burnout, and client burnout.

  • Relatively short questionnaire
    (19 items)
  • Understand how burnout
    affects your daily functioning
  • Takes about 5–10 minutes

Empathy tests

Ability to empathize

A general measure of your empathy (emotional & cognitive empathy)
across different situations.

  • Comprehensive questionnaire
    (60 items)
  • Measures two types of empathy and the balance between them
  • Takes about 10–25 minutes

Emotional empathy

Measures your emotional/affective empathy—your emotional ability to understand and respond to others.

  • Relatively short questionnaire
    (20 items)
  • Explores how much you feel
    what others feel
  • Takes about 5–7 minutes

Short screenings

General
autistic traits

A shortened version of the AQ, which can quickly give a sense of whether you show autistic traits.

  • Short screening questionnaire
    (10 items)
  • Find out if you have autistic traits by answering just a few questions
  • Takes about 2–5 minutes

Autistic
burnout

Assesses autistic burnout based on the impact of your chronic autistic stress and exhaustion.

  • Short questionnaire
    (8 items)
  • Understand how socially
    burned out you are
  • Takes about 2–5 minutes

Asexuality
& sexuality

Gives a measure of asexuality and sexuality—independently of whether
you self-identify as asexual.

  • Short questionnaire
    (12 items)
  • Explore how sexual or asexual
    you are, and where you score
    on the asexual spectrum
  • Takes about 3–8 minutes

Inattention
& hyperactivity

A short self-report screening that measures 6 traits most associated with ADHD in adults.

  • Very brief questionnaire
    (6 items)
  • Allegedly an improved version of the ASRS v1.1., but may be too short to capture ADD, or even ADHD
  • Takes about 1–3 minutes

Alexithymia tests

Alexithymia (3 aspects)

Measures difficulty identifying and describing feelings and emotions, and externally-oriented thinking.

  • Relatively short questionnaire
    (20 items)
  • Explore the disconnect with your internal awareness
  • Takes about 5–10 minutes

Alexithymia (3 aspects)

Assess all three main components
of alexithymia across negative and positive emotions.

  • Relatively short questionnaire
    (24 items)
  • Explore your awareness of and attention to your emotions
  • Takes about 5–15 minutes

Alexithymia (7 aspects)

Assesses awareness of and attention to your own emotions and others’ emotions in daily life.

  • Medium-length questionnaire
    (37 items)
  • Explore all seven factors of the extended alexithymia construct
  • Takes about 7–20 minutes

Executive skills tests

Executive skills

Designed to rank your executive skills, like planning, organizing, focusing your attention, multitasking, self-regulating…

  • Medium-length questionnaire
    (36 items)
  • Find out which of your executive skills rank highest and which rank lowest
  • Takes about 10–15 minutes

Executive skills

Measures 5 domains of executive skills: planning, time management, organization, and emotional & behavioral regulation.

  • Relatively short questionnaire
    (25 items)
  • A shorter version of the ESQ (although it does omit relevant measures)
  • Takes about 2–10 minutes

Anxiety tests

Social anxiety & phobia

Measures your social phobia and its impact on your daily activities; and unlike other anxiety scales, it distinguishes between fear and avoidance ratings.

  • Relatively short questionnaire
    (24 items)
  • Find out how averse to and avoidant you are of social situations
  • Takes about 5–10 minutes

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Measures obsessive-compulsive symptoms in 4 key areas: obsessions with contamination, mistakes/harms, taboos, and symmetry.

  • Relatively short questionnaire
    (20 items)
  • Explore whether you share common traits associated with OCD
  • Takes about 5–15 minutes

ADHD tests

Adult ADHD

A self-report screening that measures 2 subscales of ADHD traits in adults: inattention and hyperactivity–impulsivity.

  • Relatively short questionnaire
    (18 items)
  • Part B of the test yields information that can be discussed with your medical professional
  • Takes about 2–5 minutes

Adult ADHD

A short self-report screening that measures 6 traits most associated with ADHD in adults.

  • Very brief questionnaire
    (6 items)
  • Allegedly an improved version of the ASRS v1.1., but may be too short to capture ADD, or even ADHD
  • Takes about 1–3 minutes

PDA tests

Adult PDA

Measures traits and behaviours related to “Pathological Demand Avoidance” (Persistent Drive for Autonomy).

  • Relatively short questionnaire
    (26 items)
  • Explore your PDA profile
  • Takes about 3–10 minutes

Child–adolescent PDA

A parent-administered questionnaire that measures traits and behaviours related to PDA in children/adolescents (ages 5–17).

  • Very brief questionnaire
    (8 items)
  • Explore your PDA profile
  • Takes about 2–5 minutes

Miscellaneous tests

Personality
traits

Measures your personality based on five major personality traits (some of which correlate with autism).

  • Relatively short questionnaire
    (44 items)
  • Explore your Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism
  • Takes about 5–10 minutes

Asexuality
& sexuality

Gives a measure of asexuality and sexuality—independently of whether
you self-identify as asexual.

  • Short questionnaire
    (12 items)
  • Explore how sexual or asexual
    you are, and where you score
    on the asexual spectrum
  • Takes about 3–8 minutes

Personality
traits

Measures cognitive reflection—in other words, how you approach intuitive vs. analytical thinking.

  • Very brief questionnaire
    (3 items)
  • Explore how you reflect on a question; how intuitive or analytical are you?
  • Takes about 3–15 minutes

Autism/AuDHD
assessments

If you would like to pursue an autism/ADHD
assessment with one of our (autistic) psychologists,
contact us via our Autism assessments page

Land acknowledgement

Embrace Autism recognizes and acknowledges the traditional lands of the Indigenous peoples across Ontario. From the lands of the Anishinaabe to the Attawandaron and Haudenosaunee, these lands surrounding the Great Lakes are steeped in First Nations history.

We are in solidarity with Indigenous brothers and sisters to honour and respect Mother Earth. We acknowledge and give gratitude for the wisdom of the Grandfathers and the four winds that carry the spirits of our ancestors that walked this land before us.

Embrace Autism is located on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. We acknowledge and thank the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation—the Treaty holders—for being stewards of this traditional territory.

A First Nations symbol, consisting of a Sun surrounded by four Eagle feathers.

Land acknowledgement

Embrace Autism recognizes and acknowledges the traditional lands of the Indigenous peoples across Ontario. From the lands of the Anishinaabe to the Attawandaron and Haudenosaunee, these lands surrounding the Great Lakes are steeped in First Nations history. We are in solidarity with Indigenous brothers and sisters to honour and respect Mother Earth. We acknowledge and give gratitude for the wisdom of the Grandfathers and the four winds that carry the spirits of our ancestors that walked this land before us. Embrace Autism is located on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. We acknowledge and thank the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation—the Treaty holders—for being stewards of this traditional territory.

A First Nations symbol, consisting of a Sun surrounded by four Eagle feathers.