That partner you work for isn't a 'freak show'; he has a diagnosable medical condition.
This post over at our sister site, Dealbreaker, may remind you of some of your colleagues. It reminded us of a partner we once worked with -- a brilliant litigator, with a photographic memory, but not the easiest person to interact with socially. Writes Bess Levin:
I'm sure it doesn't come as a shock for me to point out that many of you are socially awkward, often fail to demonstrate empathy for your peers, and are prone to restricted patterns of behavior such as hitting the submit button over and over and over again when trying to comment.Which is to say, you likely all have a mild to major form of Asperger syndrome. Or do you? Take this quiz and post your results.
The incidence of Asperger syndrome is probably higher among Dealbreaker's Wall Street readership than it is among the more well-adjusted ATL crowd. But if you'd like to see where you fall on the scale, visit Dealbreaker, and take the test.
(It's 50 questions long, so it takes a few minutes to complete, but it goes by faster than you'd expect. We scored a 6. Feel free to post your score in the comments.)
What's Wrong With You? [Dealbreaker]
(25) Comments
FIRST! FIRST TIME FIRST.
You are all morons. Kash isn't even real. She is a made up figment of Lat's imagination.
merrill is about to go under...THIRD!
mmmm....assburger.
Damn you, 4, that was exactly what I was going to say.
24
24 = "average math contest winner"
36
Meh, prone to depression from social screwups, A+ in Contacts.
Aspergers to 160?
damn quiz doesn't work. way to ruin my procrastinating.
Way to go, you crashed the asperger's test. What a clever little DoS attack you've created.
I bet Jeremy Blachman of the Anonymous Lawyer is pissed about the plagerism of his joke. He makes a joke that all corporate lawyers have aspergers. Not as funny when you stole the idea.
18 = Average Man (I am a young woman)
12 ! Hey ladies!!!
10. And I think Lat and Bess have effectively crashed the website. I couldn't go through the link, had to go to the cite directly.
I work with this guy who is very socially awkward. At some point, someone said that he had Asperger's. We all believed that conclusion, and it actually made it easier to interact with him because we all assumed that he had Asperger's, and that explained the problems. Then he found out about the (assumed) diagnosis. He flipped out, and went around making sure everyone knew that he didn't have Asperger's. Turns out he just has no social skills, and is really kind of an ass.
Hey 15. Wasn't that an episode of The Office? Wasn't the new HR director told that one of the workers is a retard leading to her treating the worker overly nice and the worker mistakenly believing that the HR director had the hots for him?
I scored a 20- was starting to get a little scared.
Test is broken. Make it work. Test is broken. Make it work.
What a tease. Stupid 403 error.
Man, site's still down...
I'd say that most of the students at my law school have some form of Asburgers
Here's the link that works, yall. For the record, I'm very likely "neurotypical"- what the eff does that even mean?
http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php
Ha! This is hilarious....there was a junior partner at my old firm that I was sure had a touch of Aspergers. Smart and sucessful lawyer, but anal, bad with people (despite trying to be nice), and sometimes just not entirely "there" when you talked to him.
I got a 22, and I am a little put off by the scoring system. Why have 4 options when the score is just based on agree or disagree.
20. found it very interesting.