Do ppl think you're intelligent?

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people don't think I'm intelligent.

I have a blank, flat affect and will often sit there for minutes staring absently into nothing while everyone else is having a conversation. I don't know facts or words or things like a lot of other aspies so when I do say something it doesn't come across as intelligent. Also, I always forget things, and am clumsy.

I think people are confused about me. For example if someone happens to ask about how I did in school and such, I tell them and they look suprised. I don't think people see me as average intelligence. That's probably so

It really depends on the setting. If it is a school setting or a group where you can demonstrate some sort of STEM talent- then people say I am like a genius.

But when people have never seen me in a setting like that, they seem to think I'm not very smart. I think they may notice my quirks, difficulty following directions, and forgetfulness and assume that I am not very intelligent- nobody has said anything but this is the impression I get.

Some people say I'm smart but I don't believe them. I struggled aLOT in school due to dyslexia, ADD, bullying, & a rare low vision disorder. I'm not great with technology stuff, don't know alot of facts, or have a special skill or talent like Aspies are stereotyped to have.

It is very contextual. Two incidents I remember clearly.

Me on a school bus at 15 y/o, surrounded by giggling, screaming kids, wishing I could be anywhere else. Somebody I've never seen before notices me, asks: "What's wrong with you? Are you on crack?" Me: Silent, staring, trying to think of the right thing to say. (As if there is a right thing). Another kid, to the first kid: "Don't bother, he's stupid." Me: Mouth open, still trying to think of how to respond.

Me in office, 15 years later. Boss randomly comes up to me. "You are brilliant, you know that? Why are you even in this field? Isn't it too easy for you?"

I sincerely hope so!

More or less, depending on how seriously they believe to take them.

The less educated someone is, the more likely they are to think that I am not intelligent. The more educated someone is, the more likely they are to think that I am intelligent. Often these responses are to the extreme.

I am only in the 90th percentile (likely due to a slow thinking speed), so it has been a disadvantage on both fronts.

Lower paying jobs are harder for me than higher paying jobs. When I apply for the entry job, and I am offered a higher level job. However the higher level jobs do not have anything written down, and less training, so it takes me longer to learn. Taking longer makes me look stupid.

It is a difficult position to be smart, but need written material in order to initially perform well. Once I learn everything, usually by making a manual (finding all sorts of problems), then I blow others out of the water, and people hop on board to take credit.

I have an IQ of 160 and people say I'm intelligent even when they first meet me. It could be due to my advanced vocabulary and tendency to talk about science only.

I'm not sure how intelligent I actually am, but most people tend to think I'm very intelligent. I think I appear very intelligent as I have a ridiculously good memory (not for deliberately memorising things but I usually inadvertently remember an awful lot of things).

Yes I think people do often think I'm intelligent, generally speaking. Sometimes they've said so. Why? Well, I've got a few brainy qualifications (physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, English, Latin, medical laboratory science), held down a job in genetic engineering, published a couple of scientific papers, I use the extended vocabulary, I've read and understood a lot of technical info and I like to discuss it, and my home is strewn with working technical gadgets I've made myself. I suppose that's the kind of thing that people associate with high intelligence.

Personally I'm, not sure I believe in the concept of general intelligence, but I'm fairly confident in the ability of my brain to solve the kind of problems that come up in life, and I guess that's what people mean when they call me intelligent. I try to hide my executive disfunction issues and memory problems, apparently with some success.