Self Screen

  • Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire

  • Instructions

    Please read each statement below and choose the answer that best fits your experiences during social interactions.
  • 1. When I am interacting with someone, I deliberately copy their body language or facial expressions.*
  • 2. I monitor my body language or facial expressions so that I appear relaxed.*
  • 3. I rarely feel the need to put on an act in order to get through a social situation.*
  • 4. I have developed a script to follow in social situations.*
  • 5. I will repeat phrases that I have heard others say in the exact same way that I first heard them.*
  • 6. I adjust my body language or facial expressions so that I appear interested by the person I am interacting with.*
  • 7. In social situations, I feel like I’m ‘performing’ rather than being myself.*
  • 8. In my own social interactions, I use behaviors that I have learned from watching other people interacting.*
  • 9. I always think about the impression I make on other people.*
  • 10. I need the support of other people in order to socialise.*
  • 11. I practice my facial expressions and body language to make sure they look natural.*
  • 12. I don’t feel the need to make eye contact with other people if I don’t want to.*
  • 13. I have to force myself to interact with people when I am in social situations.*
  • 14. I have tried to improve my understanding of social skills by watching other people.*
  • 15. I monitor my body language or facial expressions so that I appear interested by the person I am interacting with.*
  • 16. When in social situations, I try to find ways to avoid interacting with others.*
  • 17. I have researched the rules of social interactions to improve my own social skills.*
  • 18. I am always aware of the impression I make on other people.*
  • 19. I feel free to be myself when I am with other people.*
  • 20. I learn how people use their bodies and faces to interact by watching television or films, or by reading fiction.*
  • 21. I adjust my body language or facial expressions so that I appear relaxed.*
  • 22.When talking to other people, I feel like the conversation flows naturally.*
  • 23. I have spent time learning social skills from television shows and films, and try to use these in my interactions.*
  • 24. In social interactions, I do not pay attention to what my face or body are doing.*
  • 25. In social situations, I feel like I am pretending to be ‘normal.’*

  • The Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q) was developed by Laura Hull, William Mandy, Meng-Chuan Lai, Simon Baron-Cohen, Carrie Allison, Paula Smith & K. V. Petrides.

  • Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory

    (CATI)

  • Instructions

    Below is a list of statements relating to various personality traits, behaviors, and characteristics. Using the five response options, select the option that best describes you. For items of a social nature, think about situations that do not involve very close friends or family members. Try not to spend too much time thinking about each choice.
  • 1. I often find myself fiddling or playing repetitively with objects (e.g., clicking pens).*
  • 2. I like to stick to certain routines for every-day tasks.*
  • 3. I expend a lot of mental energy trying to fit in with others.*
  • 4. I am over-sensitive to bright lighting.*
  • 5. There are certain activities that I always choose to do the same way, every time.*
  • 6. Sometimes I watch people interacting and try to copy them when I need to socialise.*
  • 7. I often rock when sitting in a chair.*
  • 8. I generally enjoy social events.*
  • 9. I look for strategies and ways to appear more sociable.*
  • 10. In social situations, I try to avoid interactions with other people.*
  • 11. There are times when I feel that my senses are overloaded.*
  • 12. There are certain objects that I fiddle or play with that can help me calm down or collect my thoughts.*
  • 13. Reading non-verbal cues (e.g., facial expressions, body language) is difficult for me.*
  • 14. I like my belongings to be sorted in certain ways and will spend time making sure they are that way.*
  • 15. Social interaction is easy for me.*
  • 16. When interacting with other people, I spend a lot of effort monitoring how I am coming across.*
  • 17. I find social interactions stressful.*
  • 18. I am over-sensitive to touch.*
  • 19. I can tell how people feel from their facial expressions.*
  • 20. I have a tendency to pace or move around in a repetitive path.*
  • 21. I feel discomfort when prevented from completing a particular routine.*
  • 22. I rely on a set of scripts when I talk with people.*
  • 23. I find it easy to sense what someone else is feeling.*
  • 24. I am over-sensitive to particular tastes (e.g., salty, sour, spicy, or sweet).*
  • 25. I engage in certain repetitive actions when I feel stressed.*
  • 26. I rarely use non-verbal cues in my interactions with others.*
  • 27. I often insist on doing things in a certain way, or re-doing things until they are ‘just right.’*
  • 28. I feel confident or capable when meeting new people.*
  • 29. Before engaging in a social situation, I will create a script to follow where possible.*
  • 30. Social occasions are often challenging for me.*
  • 31. Sometimes the presence of a smell makes it hard for me to focus on anything else.*
  • 32. There are certain repetitive actions that others consider to be 'characteristic' of me (e.g., stroking my hair).*
  • 33. Metaphors or ‘figures of speech’ often confuse me.*
  • 34. It annoys me when plans I have made are changed.*
  • 35. I find it difficult to make new friends.*
  • 36. I react poorly to unexpected loud noises.*
  • 37. I have difficulty understanding someone else’s point-of-view.*
  • 38. I like to arrange items in rows or patterns.*
  • 39. I try to follow certain 'rules' in order to get by in social situations.*
  • 40. I am sensitive to flickering lights.*
  • 41. I have certain habits that I find difficult to stop (e.g., biting/tearing nails, pulling strands of hair).*
  • 42. I have difficulty understanding the 'unspoken rules' of social situations.*

  • The Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory (CATI) was developed by Michael English, Gilles Gignac, Troy Visser, Andrew Whitehouse & Murray Maybery.

  • ADHD Self-Report Symptom Checklist

    (ASRS-5)

  • Instructions

    Check the box that best describes how you have felt over the past 6 months.
  • 1. How often do you have difficulty concentrating on what people are saying to you even when they are speaking to you directly?*
  • 2. How often do you leave your seat in meetings or other situations in which you are expected to remain seated?*
  • 3. How often do you have difficulty unwinding and relaxing when you have time to yourself?*
  • 4. When you’re in a conversation, how often do you find yourself finishing the sentences of the people you are talking to before they can finish them themselves?*
  • 5. How often do you put things off until the last minute?*
  • 6. How often do you depend on others to keep your life in order and attend to details?*
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