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Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire

The document is an Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) used to identify characteristics in children associated with autism spectrum disorders. It consists of 27 statements describing behaviors, each rated on a scale of no, somewhat, or yes. Examples include being regarded as an "eccentric professor" by peers, having a literal understanding of language, and having special routines where any change is insisted against. The ASSQ provides a standardized method for caregivers and clinicians to evaluate a child's behaviors and traits related to autism spectrum conditions.

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Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire

The document is an Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) used to identify characteristics in children associated with autism spectrum disorders. It consists of 27 statements describing behaviors, each rated on a scale of no, somewhat, or yes. Examples include being regarded as an "eccentric professor" by peers, having a literal understanding of language, and having special routines where any change is insisted against. The ASSQ provides a standardized method for caregivers and clinicians to evaluate a child's behaviors and traits related to autism spectrum conditions.

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NovoPsych

Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ)

Instructions:
Please read the statement below and indicate by tapping, No, Somewhat, or Yes if this child
stands out as different from other children of his/her age in the following ways:

No Somewhat Yes

1 is old-fashioned or precocious 0 1 2

is regarded as an "eccentric
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professor" by the other children
0 1 2
lives somewhat in a world of his/her own
3 with restricted idiosyncratic intellectual 0 1 2
interests
accumulates facts on certain subjects
4 (good rote memory) but does not really 0 1 2
understand the meaning
has a literal understanding of
5
ambiguous and metaphorical language 0 1 2
has a deviant style of communication
6 with a formal, fussy, old-fashioned or 0 1 2
"robot like" language
invents idiosyncratic words and
7
expressions
0 1 2

8 has a different voice or speech 0 1 2

expresses sounds involuntarily; clears


9
throat, grunts, smacks, cries or screams 0 1 2

is surprisingly good at some things


10
and surprisingly poor at others
0 1 2
uses language freely but fails to make
11 adjustment to fit social contexts or the 0 1 2
needs of different listeners

12 lacks empathy 0 1 2

makes naive and embarrassing


13
remarks
0 1 2

14 has a deviant style of gaze 0 1 2

wishes to be sociable but fails to


15
make relationships with peers
0 1 2

can be with other children but only


16
on his/her terms
0 1 2

17 lacks best friend 0 1 2

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No Somewhat Yes

18 lacks common sense 0 1 2

is poor at games: no idea of cooperating


19
in a team, scores "own goals" 0 1 2

has clumsy, ill coordinated, ungainly,


20
awkward movements or gestures
0 1 2

has involuntary face or body


21
movements
0 1 2
has difficulties in completing simple daily
22 activities because of compulsory 0 1 2
repetition of certain actions or thoughts
has special routines: insists on no
23
change
0 1 2

shows idiosyncratic attachment to


24
objects
0 1 2

25 is bullied by other children 0 1 2

has markedly unusual facial


26
expression
0 1 2

27 has markedly unusual posture 0 1 2

Developer Reference:
Ehlers, S., Gillberg, C., & Wing, L. (1999). A screening questionnaire for Asperger syndrome
and other high-functioning autism spectrum disorders in school age children. Journal of
autism and developmental disorders, 29(2), 129-141.

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