CAT-Q Assessment | Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire

Instructions

The following statements relate to your experiences in social situations. Please rate how much you agree or disagree with each statement on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree).

Answer based on your typical experiences, not how you think you should respond.

Your Results

Based on your responses to the CAT-Q

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What This Means

Important Note

The CAT-Q measures camouflaging behaviours, which are common among autistic individuals but also occur in the general population. High camouflaging scores can indicate significant effort spent on social adaptation, which may contribute to stress and burnout. This is not a diagnostic toolit helps understand social coping strategies.

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About the CAT-Q

The Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q) was developed by Laura Hull and colleagues to measure social camouflagingthe strategies people use to hide autistic traits and appear neurotypical in social situations.

The CAT-Q measures three aspects of camouflaging:

Compensation - Actively developing strategies to navigate social situations (e.g., learning social rules, preparing scripts)
Masking - Hiding autistic traits or presenting a different persona (e.g., forcing eye contact, suppressing stimming)
Assimilation - Trying to fit in with others and avoid standing out (e.g., copying others, staying on the periphery)

Camouflaging is particularly common among autistic women and may explain why autism is often under-diagnosed or diagnosed later in females. However, anyone can engage in these behaviours.