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The document presents the High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ), designed to assess children for traits associated with high-functioning autism. It includes a scoring system where a score over 20 indicates the need for a detailed assessment. The questionnaire consists of various behavioral and communication traits that can help identify children who may require further evaluation.

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ASSQ

The document presents the High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ), designed to assess children for traits associated with high-functioning autism. It includes a scoring system where a score over 20 indicates the need for a detailed assessment. The questionnaire consists of various behavioral and communication traits that can help identify children who may require further evaluation.

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Appendix II The High-Functioning Autism

Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ)

Name of child Date of Birth


Name of rater Date of rating

(A score over 20 would indicate that the patient should be referred for detailed assessment).
No Somewhat Yes
This child stands out from other children of his/her age in the following way; 0 2 3
1 is old-fashioned or precocious
2 is regarded as an ‘eccentric professor’ by the other children
3 lives somewhat in a world of his/her own with restricted idiosyncratic intellectual
interests
4 accumulates facts on certain subjects (good rote memory) but does not really
understand the meaning
5 has a literal understanding of ambiguous and metaphoric language
6 has a deviant style of communication with a formal, fussy, ‘old-fashioned’ or ‘robot-
like’ language
7 invents idiosyncratic words and expressions
8 has a different voice or speech
9 expresses sounds involuntarily; clears throat, grunts, smacks, cries or screams
10 is surprisingly good at some things and surprisingly poor at others
11 uses language freely but fails to make adjustments to fit social contexts or the needs
of different listeners
12 lacks empathy
13 makes naïve and embarrassing remarks
14 has a deviant style of gaze
15 wishes to be sociable but fails to make relationships with peers
16 can be with other children but only on his/her terms
17 lacks best friend
18 lacks common sense
19 is poor at games; no idea of cooperating in a team, scores ‘own goals’
20 has clumsy, ill coordinated, ungainly, awkward movements or gestures
21 has involuntary face or body movements
22 has difficulties in completing simple daily activities because of compulsory repetition of
certain actions or thoughts
23 has special routines; insists on no change
24 shows idiosyncratic attachment to objects
25 is bullied by other children
26 has markedly unusual facial expression
27 has markedly unusual posture
Specify reasons other than above:

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