Unmasked

Sources & credits

Every questionnaire in Unmasked is a published research instrument, used under its authors’ terms. Each link opens the original peer-reviewed source.

Assessment instruments

  • AQ-10 (Autism Spectrum Quotient, 10-item)

    Allison, C., Auyeung, B., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2012). Toward brief “Red Flags” for autism screening: the Short Autism Spectrum Quotient and the Short Quantitative Checklist in 1,000 cases and 3,000 controls. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 51(2), 202–212.

    A published, validated research instrument, reproduced with attribution and without modification.

    pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22265366/

  • AASPIRE Autistic Burnout Scale – Revised

    Nicolaidis, C., Yang, L.-Q., Uretsky, M., Raymaker, D. M., Baker-Ericzen, M., Grillo, V. D., Kapp, S. K., Kripke-Ludwig, R., Maslak, J., Moura, I., Scharer, M., & Wallington, A. (2026). Psychometric Properties of the AASPIRE Autistic Burnout Measure – Revised (AABM-R). medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.19.26360826

    Copyright 2025, Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE). Version 1.4 – August 2026. www.aaspire.org

    Used with permission and with attribution. It is reproduced without adaptation or modification.

    doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.19.26360826

  • RAADS-R (Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale–Revised)

    Ritvo, R. A., Ritvo, E. R., Guthrie, D., Ritvo, M. J., Hufnagel, D. H., McMahon, W., et al. (2011). The Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale-Revised (RAADS-R): a scale to assist the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41(8), 1076–1089.

    A published, validated research instrument, reproduced with attribution and without modification.

    pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21086033/

  • CAT-Q (Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire)

    Hull, L., Mandy, W., Lai, M.-C., Baron-Cohen, S., Allison, C., Smith, P., & Petrides, K. V. (2019). Development and validation of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(3), 819–833.

    The CAT-Q items are reproduced from Hull et al. (2019), Online Appendix 1, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). Answer labels are shown in full; no items were changed.

    pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30350056/

  • CATI (Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory)

    English, MCW, Gignac, GE, Visser, TAW, Whitehouse, AJO, Enns, JT, & Maybery, MT. (2021). The Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory (CATI): development and validation of a new measure of autistic traits in the general population. Molecular Autism, 12(37). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-021-00445-7

    Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    No changes were made to the instrument.

    doi.org/10.1186/s13229-021-00445-7

  • ASRS-v1.1 Screener (Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale)

    The 6-question Adult Self-Report Scale-Version1.1 (ASRS-V1.1) Screener is a subset of the 18-question Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale-Version1.1 (Adult ASRS-V1.1) Symptom Checklist. © New York University and the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

    The ASRS v1.1 Screener was created by Dr. Lenard Adler of NYU and Dr. Ronald Kessler of Harvard.

    Underlying publication: Kessler, R. C., Adler, L., Ames, M., Demler, O., Faraone, S., Hiripi, E., Howes, M. J., Jin, R., Secnik, K., Spencer, T., Ustun, T. B., & Walters, E. E. (2005). The World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS): a short screening scale for use in the general population. Psychological Medicine, 35(2), 245–256.

    Reproduced without modification.

    pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15841682/

No instrument in Unmasked has been altered, abridged, or translated.

Unmasked is an educational screening tool and is not a substitute for diagnosis by a qualified clinician.

Other credits

  • AI interpretations are written by Anthropic’s Claude, via Amazon Bedrock, only when you ask for one. See Privacy.
  • International crisis lines: Find a Helpline by ThroughLine, which verifies its listings.
  • Typefaces: DM Sans and Inter, under the SIL Open Font License.

Questions about a source or licence: developer@ali3nstudios.com.