Severity level test

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I think I read somewhere that the reason it says severe PDD (for instance) is that it could be severe autism, severe AS, severe PDDNOS, etc., all of which have different connotations. I have now run myself through at different parts of my life and it was always moderate or severe, yet I wasn't noticed as autistic until my early teens. (Until then, I didn't pass in the usual sense, but other people "passed me off" as "crazy", "attention seeking", "druggie", and a number of other things. When they had an explanation, they remembered that instead of the behavior. It's totally possible for that to happen... less now than before though. Although... in preschool they called my parents about me, sent me to counseling by age 7, etc., so I guess they did notice SOMETHING.)

My score suggested Moderate PDD at a score of 136

And then I decided since I had brothers, I do them on their behavior.

My youngest brother at 14 score suggest severe PDD at a score of 180

The middle child and my young brother at 19 score suggest Moderate PDD at a score of 130

I might have read into wrong, but it really didn't seem difficult to me to update it to my current age, thinking back to childhood only if I had to. Seemed pretty logical to me.....

Have either of them been diagnosed with any form of ASD?

Try highlighting the text with your mouse? Or type ctrl-A to select all the text? It becomes white text on a blue background, although I do not know if that will help.

My youngest has been.

But my brother of 19, hasn't.

Yet, me, my dad, and the youngest are all on the spectrum. But the family wants to think the 19 year old, who has many of the same behavioral issues I do is normal.

I just did my 44-year-old brother, and got right at the border between mild and moderate (97-105 depending on how I scored things). (He's known to have AS.) Then my 39-year-old brother, who isn't autistic, got 40 (no PDD), and only that high mostly because he has special interests and a few very isolated communication issues. He's really just got a few traits, it'd be hard to be in our family and not have any traits at all, we've got more autistic members than nonautistic ones in the immediate family anyway.

I got 107, that is, moderate PDD bordering on mild. But it is patchy, for an example, I got 148 points (severe) on the social communications scale but only 40 (no PDD) on the language delay scale.
Must try and fill this out as it was when I was a child and see if there's a difference. Must be, I have at least 5 'Resolved' scores.

I just took the test for my 8 year old nephew. He was the one who caused me to research ASD, but I ended up finding out so much more about myself instead. He scored an 87-Mild PDD. I do think that is accurate now. When he was 2 or so, whenever I was certain he had autism, he would not look at me, let me touch or play with him, or turn his head when other people called his name. He also talked later than usual (but I don't remember how late, so it might have been late but not "delayed"... I really don't know). Anyway, I thought he had classic autism. I still think he is on the spectrum even though shortly after I did the research he started to talk, look at us, and let us touch him. He can be very cuddly---more than I like sometimes, but I do love him to pieces! He is also VERY talkative, and loves to play with kids. He is EXTREMELY smart--straight A kid who I am pretty sure is a young math genius like his father. He does have obsessions though, he is looks very awkward when he runs and walks, and he is socially awkward even though he has friends. He is monotonous, and gets sidetracked with his interests. He is also rigid, although doesn't have a schedule per se. I am pretty sure he has mild Aspergers.

I scored 49 - no PDD. What is PDD anyway?

Pervasive Developmental Disorder (Autism, PDD-NOS, Asperger's, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Rett's Syndrome).

114 moderate PDD

My daughter got Moderate 108 and my son got Mild 73. This fits them well.

Update: Did the test as I remember myself at the age of 7 and got 117, moderate PDD, which makes 10 points more than I had when I did it as an adult. The second time I scored higher on the imaginative play' and 'language' categories which is only fair, I suppose, as I weaned myself off some of the things I did when I was young.
What persists and is actually getting worse is social interaction issues. Perfectly normal for an Aspie, I'd say.

I got 58, which is mild PDD.

I'm about 50 right now. When I was a child, I was probably about 57.