r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jan 30 '25

Neuroscience A low-cost tool accurately distinguishes neurotypical children from children with autism just by watching them copy the dance moves of an on-screen avatar for a minute. It can even tell autism from ADHD, conditions that commonly overlap.

https://newatlas.com/adhd-autism/autism-motion-detection-diagnosis/
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u/AllanfromWales1 MA | Natural Sciences | Metallurgy & Materials Science Jan 30 '25

Does it work for adults? I was never tested as a child (back in the 1960s) but have long suspected..

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u/ZoeBlade Jan 30 '25

Here, try some of these tests as a rough guide. You can also browse autistic subreddits and see if they seem more like your kind of people -- there tends to be a bit of communication friction between many autistic and non-autistic people, so if you get along with us better, that itself can be a clue. Similarly, if you already have autistic friends, that's probably a sign.

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u/PsyCurious007 Jan 31 '25

I did the Aspie Quiz this morning funnily enough..97%. Some sections highly suggestive of ASD, one section highly suggestive of ADHD.

I‘ve only seriously begun considering if ASD might be in the mix relatively recently. Scored 35 on the AQ.

Took a look at the Raads. Nope. I simply can’t do it. It makes me feel nauseous. My memory of what I was like as a child or a teen isn’t clear enough.

I’m 62. Had my ADHD assessment not been pushed back, I’d have known the answer to that one 2 days ago. So frustrating.