Board index › General Discussion › General Autism Discussion

Are all autistic individuals very intelligent?

Page 2 of 4 [ 51 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4  Next

Previous topic | Next topic

Mountain Goat
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 13 May 2019
Gender: Male
Posts: 14,925
Location: .

01 Oct 2019, 4:19 pm

skibum wrote:
Mountain Goat wrote:
skibum wrote:
MG, just to be persnickety, NT actually means people with a typically developed neurological system. There are lots of people who are not Autistic but who are also not NTs because they have neurological systems that are not typically developed. They just don't have Autism. The word for not Autistic is actually Allistic.



Ooh. These terms are all new to me. Ok. Allistic.. Lets see if I can remember that one! Haha!
No worries! They were new to me too a few years ago! :D



I didn't know what an NT was and had to ask... In my mind then (To remember it) I class an NT as a "Normal person" (In other words a mr or mrs average). I remember the N. I know I am not normal and I never want to be normal... :mrgreen: Please no one be offended by how I remember things in my brain!


_________________
https://everything2.com/user/Zifendorf/writeups/shutdow


kraftiekortie
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 4 Feb 2014
Gender: Male
Posts: 87,510
Location: Queens, NYC

01 Oct 2019, 4:56 pm

"NT" is sometimes used for people "not on the Spectrum"-----but it's really not true.

People with schizophrenia are, most definitely, not "neurologically typical."

I wouldn't consider myself "very intelligent"----certainly not in the "Mensa" sense--though I believe I have an adequate brain.



Mountain Goat
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 13 May 2019
Gender: Male
Posts: 14,925
Location: .

01 Oct 2019, 4:57 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
"NT" is sometimes used for people "not on the Spectrum"-----but it's really not true.

People with schizophrenia are, most definitely, not "neurologically typical."

I wouldn't consider myself "very intelligent"----though I believe I have an adequate brain.


You have an amazing way to communicate and to explain things. You are pretty intelligent!


_________________
https://everything2.com/user/Zifendorf/writeups/shutdow


kraftiekortie
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 4 Feb 2014
Gender: Male
Posts: 87,510
Location: Queens, NYC

01 Oct 2019, 4:59 pm

And you ain't so bad yourself :)

Have you been tinkering with the trains?



Mountain Goat
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 13 May 2019
Gender: Male
Posts: 14,925
Location: .

01 Oct 2019, 5:02 pm

Not today. I did a small amount of tinkering with a bicycle. I had to ask my brother to help as I was weak with partly shutting down so I couldn't put much force on a spanner.


_________________
https://everything2.com/user/Zifendorf/writeups/shutdow


dragonsanddemons
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 19 Mar 2011
Gender: Non-binary
Posts: 6,659
Location: The Labyrinth of Leviathan

01 Oct 2019, 5:06 pm

I'm autistic and of average intelligence, nothing more.


_________________
Yet in my new wildness and freedom I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage. For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
-H. P. Lovecraft, "The Outsider"


Joe90
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 23 Feb 2010
Gender: Female
Posts: 26,492
Location: UK

01 Oct 2019, 5:27 pm

skibum wrote:
Joe90 wrote:
Please try to avoid using "all" and "autism" in the same sentence. I know I'm not 'very intelligent' and I don't care to be either.
Sorry to disappoint you Joe, but I think you are quite an intelligent person.


What is intelligent anyway? Does it just mean excellent memory and logic for math, scientific and technical facts and details, or can having a lot of empathy (like I do) count as intelligent too?

Quote:
MG, just to be persnickety, NT actually means people with a typically developed neurological system. There are lots of people who are not Autistic but who are also not NTs because they have neurological systems that are not typically developed. They just don't have Autism. The word for not Autistic is actually Allistic.



I couldn't agree more.


_________________
Female


skibum
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 18 Jul 2013
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Posts: 8,486
Location: my own little world

01 Oct 2019, 5:43 pm

Joe90 wrote:
skibum wrote:
Joe90 wrote:
Please try to avoid using "all" and "autism" in the same sentence. I know I'm not 'very intelligent' and I don't care to be either.
Sorry to disappoint you Joe, but I think you are quite an intelligent person.


What is intelligent anyway? Does it just mean excellent memory and logic for math, scientific and technical facts and details, or can having a lot of empathy (like I do) count as intelligent too?

Quote:
MG, just to be persnickety, NT actually means people with a typically developed neurological system. There are lots of people who are not Autistic but who are also not NTs because they have neurological systems that are not typically developed. They just don't have Autism. The word for not Autistic is actually Allistic.



I couldn't agree more.
Empathy absolutely counts. Stupid people cannot be empathetic. Empathy takes a very specific kind of emotional maturity which requires a level of intelligence. It also requires a Theory of Mind which I believe is a form or intelligence as well. There are so many different types of intelligence and I have never met an Autistic person who did not have one kind or another in very high doses.


_________________
"I'm bad and that's good. I'll never be good and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me."

Wreck It Ralph


LoveNotHate
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 12 Oct 2013
Gender: Female
Posts: 6,195
Location: USA

01 Oct 2019, 6:24 pm

Mountain Goat wrote:
kraftiekortie wrote:
"NT" is sometimes used for people "not on the Spectrum"-----but it's really not true.

People with schizophrenia are, most definitely, not "neurologically typical."

I wouldn't consider myself "very intelligent"----though I believe I have an adequate brain.


You have an amazing way to communicate and to explain things. You are pretty intelligent!

KK is super straight forward, and comes across as genuine.


_________________
After a failure, the easiest thing to do is to blame someone else.


Mountain Goat
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 13 May 2019
Gender: Male
Posts: 14,925
Location: .

01 Oct 2019, 6:41 pm

Yes!


_________________
https://everything2.com/user/Zifendorf/writeups/shutdow


Alterity
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 7 Feb 2019
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Posts: 633
Location: New England

01 Oct 2019, 10:29 pm

In terms of IQ the answer is no. We are in a varying range.

There is more than one form of "smarts" though.

One could argue that most autistics are very intelligent about their interests. As we do tend to suck up facts and information about our interests like sponges.


_________________
"Inside the heart of each and every one of us there is a longing to be understood by someone who really cares. When a person is understood, he or she can put up with almost anything in the world."


PurpleReject
Sea Gull
Sea Gull

User avatar

Joined: 13 May 2019
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 220
Location: California

02 Oct 2019, 4:02 am

I'm guessing I'm probably about average intelligence, if not a little below. As far as emotional intelligence and maturity, not even remotely. :P



EzraS
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 24 Sep 2013
Gender: Male
Posts: 27,828
Location: Twin Peaks

02 Oct 2019, 4:49 am

Those with profound / severe autism are usually a lot more intelligent than thay appear to most people.



Mountain Goat
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 13 May 2019
Gender: Male
Posts: 14,925
Location: .

02 Oct 2019, 5:13 am

Alterity wrote:
In terms of IQ the answer is no. We are in a varying range.

There is more than one form of "smarts" though.

One could argue that most autistics are very intelligent about their interests. As we do tend to suck up facts and information about our interests like sponges.


The strange thing is... With my main hobby that I've had since quite an early age, that yes. I probably know more facts and little details then most of you here, though most of you here may not share the same hobby; but for me, within the hobby..., Though I specialize in one general aspect which I love the most, I will say that I have a very broad knowledge within the hobby and am able to do most things. I am less of a facts and figures, but lean more on design and picture thinking... It is a little different to facts and figures. Yes, I used to go deep into facts and figures. I used to memorize most of the prices for almost every item in each model railway shop who advertized in the magazines. But it is like I have been through that stage and moved onto using my mind to picture think... Designing model railway things. I spend ages and ages and ages in thought along these lines, and I really enjoy the thinking...
I guess it is called day dreaming.


_________________
https://everything2.com/user/Zifendorf/writeups/shutdow


renaeden
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 12 Jun 2005
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Posts: 2,420
Location: Western Australia

02 Oct 2019, 5:35 am

I'm of average intelligence. I'm blown away sometimes by the levels of intelligence shown on WP. So many smart and articulate people here. That's probably why I don't post much. I haven't got anything of worth to add.



Mountain Goat
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 13 May 2019
Gender: Male
Posts: 14,925
Location: .

02 Oct 2019, 5:36 am

renaeden wrote:
I'm of average intelligence. I'm blown away sometimes by the levels of intelligence shown on WP. So many smart and articulate people here. That's probably why I don't post much. I haven't got anything of worth to add.

You post some lovely things. Don't stop posting. :)


_________________
https://everything2.com/user/Zifendorf/writeups/shutdow