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I took the The Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale test, and while I know I have AS, was diagnosed a long time go, my score is pretty low for somone with AS; my average score is 114, while the average person with Asperger's score is 170, and the average normal person's score is 50. Does this mean I have an even milder form of AS, less than most I mean? Is that test even riable in your eyes?

If the test is completely accurate in predicting your spot on the spectrum then you would be closer to the neurotypicals than the average Autistic person, and therefore have less or less prevalent autistic characteristics.
I think those tests should group the autistic averages by age, assuming that with age people change and can appear with less autistic traits.

In my case, I let a few years lapse and retested myself ...
and came out as more autistic than before.
Maybe because now that I'm more aware,
I feel like just letting me be me.

You never become more or less autistic in your life, you can however learn skills to make life easier for you, like talking, manners, reacting to sensory input and understanding emotions. In a way you can become higher functioning but the autism your born with is the one you have for the rest of your life.

Its a possibility that you unintentionally picked questions in the past that would give you a higher score to confirm suspicions.

Or you could have a changed perspective

Who knows, you still fall under the criteria so i wouldn't worry, don't let the OCD get the better of you.

I like to supplement the RAADS-R with the Aspie Quiz. They are similar, but give you different answer choices. It can help to look at the results side by side.

It can also help to look at the specific breakdown of the RAADS-R. So, for example let's say you got a low score in communication, but a high score in circumscribed interests. That would tell us that you don't "sound autistic" because you have a high language ability, but because you just have a few interests you might have trouble staying interested in things other people are talking about or staying friends with people who are boring to you.