Adverse Childhood Experiences
This short questionnaire asks about difficult experiences that can happen early in life — things like abuse, neglect, loss, or stress in the household. It's used to understand how childhood adversity can shape health and wellbeing over time.
There are 10 yes-or-no questions about the years before you turned 18. You can skip any question, pause whenever you need to, and stop at any time. Your answers stay on your device — nothing is sent or saved unless you choose to email or download your results.
A score here is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis and not a prediction. Many people with high scores live full, healthy lives — supportive relationships and other protective factors make a real difference.
Adapted from the Adverse Childhood Experience Questionnaire for Adults (ACEs Aware / California Surgeon General's Clinical Advisory Committee), based on the CDC–Kaiser ACE Study.Choose Yes or No for each. Tap a selected answer again to clear it.
Your score updates as you answer
Each "Yes" adds one point. The total is simply how many types of adversity you experienced.
Do you feel these experiences have affected your health?
Optional, and separate from your score — just your own sense of it.
Anything you'd like to note?
Opens your mail app with your total score (not your individual answers) and a private link to review or continue later. Nothing is stored on any server.