1. I obsessively resist and avoid ordinary demands and requests
2. I complain about illness or physical incapacity to avoid a request or demand
3. I am driven by the need to be in charge
4. I find everyday pressures (e.g. having to go on a routine trip/visit dentist) intolerably stressful
5. I tell other people how they should behave, but do not feel these rules apply to me
6. I mimic other people’s mannerisms and styles (e.g., use phrases adopted from other people to express myself to others)
7. I have difficulty complying with demands and requests from others unless they are carefully presented
8. I take on roles or characters (from TV/real life) and ‘act them out’
9. I show little shame or embarrassment (e.g., I might throw a tantrum in public and not be embarrassed)
10. I invent fantasy worlds or games and act them out
11. I am good at getting around others and making them do as I want
12. I am unaware or indifferent to the differences between myself and figures of authority (e.g. parents, teachers, and police)
13. I will still sometimes have a ‘meltdown’ (e.g., scream, tantrum, hit, or kick) if I feel pressurized to do something
14. I like to be told I have done a good job
15. I have a very rapidly changing mood (e.g., I can switch from affectionate to angry in an instant)
16. I know what to do or say to upset particular people
17. I blame or target a particular person/persons
18. I deny things I have done, even if I am caught “red-handed”
19. I can be distracted (preoccupied) ‘from within’ (i.e., absorbed in my own world)
20. I make an effort to maintain my reputation with other people
21. I sometimes use outrageous or shocking behaviour to get out of doing something
22. I have periods when I have extremely emotional responses (e.g., crying/giggling, becoming furious) to what others would think small events
23. I ensure any social interaction is on my own terms
24. I prefer to interact with others in an adopted role or communicate through props or objects
25. I seek to quibble and change rules set by others
26. I can be passive and difficult to engage