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Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ)

The Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) is a screening tool developed to help identify autism-spectrum related traits in children and adolescents.

The questionnaire focuses on behaviors commonly linked to autism-spectrum conditions, including social interaction difficulties, unusual communication styles, routines, emotional understanding, and repetitive behaviors.

The ASSQ is widely used in schools, research, and clinical screening settings. It helps parents, teachers, and professionals recognize patterns that may benefit from further evaluation and support.

The questionnaire explores several important areas:
- Social Interaction
- Communication Style
- Behavioral Rigidity
- Emotional Understanding
- Motor and Sensory Traits

Social Interaction measures peer relationships, social awareness, and social participation.

Communication Style measures unusual speech patterns, conversational behavior, and language differences.

Behavioral Rigidity measures routines, repetitive behaviors, restricted interests, and resistance to change.

Emotional Understanding measures empathy, emotional awareness, and understanding of social situations.

Motor and Sensory Traits measure coordination difficulties, unusual movements, posture, facial expressions, and sensory-related behaviors.

The ASSQ is designed as a screening and educational tool. It is not a standalone diagnostic instrument.

This questionnaire is designed to be completed by parents, teachers, caregivers, or other adults who know the child well.

Please rate how well each statement describes the child's usual behavior, communication style, social interaction, and everyday functioning.

Is the child stands out as different from other children of his/her age in the following ways?

Participants rate each statement using a 3-point scale ranging from "No" to "Yes."

This assessment is intended for educational, research, and self-reflection purposes only. Results are anonymous and should not be considered a clinical diagnosis or substitute for professional psychological evaluation.

Each item is scored from 0 to 2:
0 = No
1 = Somewhat
2 = Yes

Higher scores indicate stronger autism-spectrum related traits and behavioral patterns.

The ASSQ is commonly used as an early screening instrument to help identify individuals who may benefit from additional developmental or clinical evaluation.

is old-fashioned or precocious

is regarded as an "eccentric professor" by the other children

lives somewhat in a world of his/her own with restricted idiosyncratic intellectual interests

accumulates facts on certain subjects (good rote memory) but does not really understand the meaning

has a literal understanding of ambiguous and metaphorical language

has a deviant style of communication with a formal, fussy, old-fashioned or "robot-like" language

invents idiosyncratic words and expressions

has a different voice or speech

expresses sounds involuntarily; clears throat, grunts, smacks, cries or screams

is surprisingly good at some things and surprisingly poor at others

uses language freely but fails to make adjustment to fit social contexts or the needs of different listeners

lacks empathy

makes naive and embarrassing remarks

has a deviant style of gaze

wishes to be sociable but fails to make relationships with peers

can be with other children but only on his/her terms

lacks best friend

lacks common sense

is poor at games: no idea of cooperating in a team, scores "own goals"

has clumsy, ill coordinated, ungainly, awkward movements or gestures

has involuntary face or body movements

has difficulties in completing simple daily activities because of compulsory repetition of certain actions or thoughts

has special routines: insists on no change

shows idiosyncratic attachment to objects

is bullied by other children

has markedly unusual facial expression

has markedly unusual posture