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AASPIRE Autistic Burnout Scale – Revised Free

Fourteen statements about big, negative changes you have been living with for three months or longer, compared with what is usual for you. It takes about five minutes and is free.

• 14 questions
• 5 min about
• Free no sign-up needed
• Retake any time to track it

What it measures

The scale measures chronic autistic burnout: long-lasting exhaustion, loss of skills and reduced tolerance to stimulation that many autistic people describe after prolonged strain. It is a measure of how things have been recently, not of who you are.

Who it is for

Autistic adults, and adults who think they may be autistic, who want to put words to a hard period and track it over time. It can be retaken.

How long it takes

About 5 minutes for 14 questions. You can stop and come back: your answers so far are saved to your account (or guest account) as you go.

How it is scored

Each statement is answered from strongly disagree (0) to strongly agree (4). The total runs from 0 to 56; higher means more severe.

Tentative bands: 0 to 22 low, 23 to 32 intermediate, 33 and above high probability of clinically significant burnout. The authors recommend the bands always be combined with clinical discretion.

If you agree with any statement, a few extra questions ask how the changes came on and what may have caused them. They are not scored.

What it cannot tell you

• It is not a diagnosis of burnout, depression or anything else.
• Burnout and depression overlap; a high score is a reason to talk to someone, not a label.
• It describes the past three months or more; retake it to see how things change.

Screening, not diagnosis. Your result describes your answers. Only a qualified professional can diagnose autism, ADHD or a mental health condition.

Sources

1. Nicolaidis C, Yang L-Q, Uretsky M, et al. (2026). Psychometric properties of the AASPIRE Autistic Burnout Measure – Revised (AABM-R). medRxiv. doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.19.26360826
2. Raymaker DM, Teo AR, Steckler NA, et al. (2020). "Having all of your internal resources exhausted beyond measure and being left with no clean-up crew": defining autistic burnout. Autism in Adulthood, 2(2), 132–143. doi.org/10.1089/aut.2019.0079

Copyright 2025, Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE). Version 1.4 – August 2026. www.aaspire.org. Offered free of charge, as a condition of its use.