The cut-off score for the AQ-10 is 6 (out of 10 total questions). 88% of autistic individuals receive scores of 6 or above.

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The shortened Autism Quotient (AQ-10) was created to speed up the screening process, containing only ten questions compared to the fifty questions in the original Autism Quotient. 

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Baron-Cohen, S., Wheelwright, S., Skinner, R., Martin, J., & Clubley, E. (2001). The autism-spectrum quotient (AQ): evidence from Asperger syndrome/high-functioning autism, males and females, scientists and mathematicians. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 31(1), 5–17. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005653411471 

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