Performance IQ vs Verbal IQ

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Hi all, I was wondering if it is typical of Asperger's to have a very high verbal IQ and an average to low verbal IQ. My verbal IQ is 151 and my performance IQ was tested as 85. The dr said that because of the wide discrepancy in scores, a full-scale IQ would not be valid. I am also diagnosed with ADHD so I am wondering if this is because of my Asperger's, ADHD or something else.

That's pretty much how it is with me.

A lot of times with autism, the verbal IQ and performance IQ vary quite a bit.

My Performance IQ was always in the average range and my verbal IQ would be in the ret*d range so I always scored in the mildly ret*d range until 5th grade. Then they were all close together so it was pretty consistent now. My verbal IQ was at 92 and my Performance was at 107 or 108 and my overall IQ was scored at 99. That is all in the average range. They said my inconsistent IQ scores were due to my profound language delay so it made me score low on the test. Then as my language improved, my IQ scores improved. My full scale IQ also was not accurate.

Children with communication disorders will also get inaccurate IQ results and so will kids with NVLD and kids who are illiterate.

My verbal IQ is high (130s-140s). I don't know my performance IQ, but I believe it is far lower. I am terrible at those block design tests.

I'm interested in seeing what mine are,are there any tests for these that are accurate?

I was never told my Performance IQ vs Verbal IQ. My IQ was 128 when I was 14 year old according to a test with 100=average, 130=Mensa level scores.

Based on wikipedia and google I can say that:
I love the "Perceptual Reasoning"[P](I will figure it out although they require some mental gymnastics) and I do pretty well at the "Verbal Comprehension"[V] (it's either I know right away or don't know but if I don't know I probably won't figure it out).
My "Working memory"[V] is not bad (I remember up to 9 digits and can do simple math at head). But "Processing Speed"[P] tasks are... wtf?(how do I know the answer for "If AGMS=FLRX then GMSY=?" )
Also questions like "Rearrange the jumble word: PARRHAPU" are pretty impossible for me.

What does that mean?

Verbal IQ: 141

Performance IQ: 79

Yup, I have a pretty big gap. They told me that any overall IQ would be inaccurate.

This is where the "you don't sound autistic" comes in, which I have been told in forums many times. Not like they thought I was lying or anything like that, but that it just doesn't manifest verbally/textually. But see how I operate outside of that and it's more like "wow you're really autistic alright". It's too bad there's not at least more middle ground.

I don't actually have a big discrepancy between my verbal and performance IQ. My verbal IQ is 106 and performance is 102. My results are pretty recent too. So I don't really fit either autism or Aspergers in this sense anyways.

Could someone link some tests so I can see what my scores are. Thank you

I've no idea what either my performance or verbal IQ is; all those online IQ tests make me very nervous. I can reasonably guess I have a below average verbal IQ, though. I speak without specific impediment but it all often comes out rushed or lacking inflection, making it hard for me to stay in a conversation or find the right time to interject something, which is so frustrating.

My overall IQ is 115.
Performance IQ - 130.
Verbal IQ - 100.

My performance IQ is higher than my verbal IQ and I'm a qualified to have aspergers as a diagnosis...

"If AGMS=FLRX then GMSY=?" )
Also questions like "Rearrange the jumble word: PARRHAPU" are pretty impossible for me.

What does that mean?

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I can only go on online tests where my verbal score is in the very superior range, and my nonverbal score averages in the borderline range.