Almost Autistic

After reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, I suspected I was a borderline Asperger's Syndrome (AS) sufferer, which is a mild version of autism or, more precisely, autism without the language delays.

So, I push-buttoned the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) test created by Simon Baron-Cohen and et al. at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre and got a score of 26 which is between the control group score of 16 and the autism threshold of 32 (which 80% of the autistic reach or breach). Hence, my self-diagnosis may be right. Their paper in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 31, 5-17 (2001), also claims their test:

"replicates....earlier studies finding a link between autism spectrum conditions and occupations / skills in maths, physics & engineering."

Also:

"Our recent single case studies of very high achieving mathematicians, physicists, and computer scientists with AS show that this condition need not be any obstacle to achieving the highest levels in these fields."

So, that's all right then.

What about their performance in other areas?