question about Autism and IQ

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Why would you want to join Mensa?

I think it's hilarious whenever someone brings up IQ somebody always chimes in with some outrageously high score.

"btw my IQ averages out around 190." lol they say non chalantly.

And it's, like, inevitable, people roll their eyes and think "yah whatever". It just seem so unbelievable.

Someone always does it. It's like chaos prediction theory. It's a given.

Generally speaking most of my friends are book smart and are easier for me to talk too because book smart people generally depend more on verbal communication. They may intuitively understand body language, but prefer the spoken word.

I would like to go into IQ. My brother is 155 on a 200 scale, but he also has an extreme form of bipolar (which works on a spectrum as well). He has alot of trouble living life, and being in a classroom setting is very hard for him. He processes complex math easily and is extremely intelligent. He is also very charismatic and funny, and has a natural ability to communicate in all forms on a high level. His problem, he is almost on hyperdrive emotionally, and has major sensory issues which are a little different than mine. From what I understand he had a head inury when he was younger. In alot of ways he can achieved alot, but lacks focus. His intelect is purely intuitive. He works in construction, keeping physically busy keeps him sane.

My brother is smarter IQ and even more socially adept at me, but I had more focus, and more of a willingness to push myself to learn. While I have sensory issues they are not as extreme. My IQ is between 139 and 143, which is consistant with my education. I work as a professional "expert", basically I am paid to be book smart, as a researcher, analyst or archivist.

I point to this for a reason...IQ is overrated. My brother never had the same language ability as me, he swears like a sailor, I on the other hand have a very formalized dialect and never swear, people often think I am british without the accent.

We are both above average iq, but he is held back by being bipolar, I on the other hand am on the spectrum, this has been both a help and a hinderence. IQ only measures a specific range of processes. I was tagged as musically gifted at four or five, but that is not something IQ can test for, that was something they figured out earlier through observation. As my psych friend stated, IQ is a picture of particular traits at a particular time under particular circumstances that is best used for diagnostic purposes (basically to identify potential LDs and MR). One should not put much weight in beyond the diagnostic goals, because a persons success in life is not determined by such a limited range of attributes.

I don't remember ever taking an official IQ test, although I have a memory of my mother telling me it was about 120. I'm not sure where that comes from, but it's consistent with the fact that I'm generally a good test-taker.

I took an online IQ test, but I know those are not very accurate, and they tend to give unusually high scores. In that one, I got well-above average scores on every aspect EXCEPT speed, which was below average. So my general score was nothing to sneeze at, but not all that impressive either. It seemed accurate in that, in every area of life, it's my slowness that causes problems. That's why I did awful in math; I wasn't bad at it, I just couldn't get through all the test questions fast enough to get credit for them. I'm also slow at everything else.

My 11 year old AS son's official IQ is 132...and yet he gets bad grades because he doesn't have the executive functioning skills to handle something like a Science Fair project. He's officially both gifted and disabled at the same time, which, as many of you know, can be especially hard, and frustrating for everyone.

Hi,
I've recently learned of Aspergers and find it pretty interesting as I can identify with some of the characteristics. Some of my personal qualities that I find mildly frustrating are my proclivity for direct honesty (and my naive assumption that this is automatically reciprocated by society), trouble understanding others motives which makes dating pretty interesting, my over-excitable nature, and my dislike of noisy, crowded places; I get overloaded by everything going on at once. I also dislike watching TV for this reason.

I'm pretty sure my IQ is on the high side. I've been tested a lot from Kindergarten through High School. What's interesting is I was held back a year in Kindergarten due to my inability to sit still and my apparent unwillingness to follow directions. I also had trouble reading and writing for a spell. (I'm punny) After recently finding a treasure trove of old report cards during a family visit - it seems my teachers began to realize I just didn't have the ability to remain still and I wasn't trying to be disruptive. I was very sensitive to their criticism (is this contrary to Autism Spectrum characteristics?) and meant well. I was also really social and was interested in what everyone else was doing too. After being tested, I was placed in a Gifted and Talented program and I still jumped all over the place, but the teachers were more lenient. I remained in G/T programs until I finished high school. Test results from the CoGAT, NNAT, and Stanford-Binet all place me in the 99th percentile with some of my skill-specific scoring histograms extending beyond the scope of the national scoring reference population. My school grades were all over the place and directly correlated to the amount of effort a teacher put into me. I can't find any raw "IQ" scores, but after perusing some old state G/T classification materials that appeared to be less PC about their reliance on IQ testing for identifying students, I found a program participation cut-off of 145 which, to make a long story short, would imply my IQ is over 145? I feel kind of slimy just writing this - I understand the marginalizing affects of reducing an entire personality to an arbitrary number - but digressed for the sake of collective learning. I am now 26 and work as a faculty research scientist for a major university while only holding a Bachelor's degree which I am constantly reminded of by my helpful colleagues.

I don't know.. I sometimes feel extremely lonely and can get depressed. I'm kind of moody and crabby at times and I feel sort of misunderstood and stereotyped as "a weirdo" for this. My dates are usually disasters, albeit comic masterpieces for my friends, which I can appreciate. I sort of look like a dumb jock (allow me to indulge in some stereotyping hypocrisy ) and I think I attract people who expect me to ooze head-up-my-own-ass nonchalance or a "go git 'um" brand of unshakable optimism. They end up kind of disappointed when they realize I am more neurotic than a Woody Allen movie. Any thoughts? Similar experiences? Diagnoses? Thanks for letting me vent..

In total actuality, I was once tested IQ wise and hesitant-speaking wound up with a numerical score in the realm of 82-89 whic, by all accounts indicates slow learner .Still, I've managed to do things that break the numerica score I received so long ago in mental terms therefore, I feel IQ has been over-obsessed about if not Intelligence comes in many forms whether it is one's ability to draw an image from something he/she sees or having the inate skill or recalling pieces of music by merely listening to a song or such possibly one or two times. Personally, I feel there are many forms of intellectual functioning just, that trying to go against the so-called normal lables a person as being maverick as such.Anyways, I know that, I'm not as stupid as some test score says..

Meh. I wouldn't trust an 82 to 89 to predict anything, any more than I'd trust a 149--not in an autistic person. If you've got a high one, you can use it to say "I have potential, therefore I am obviously facing obstacles, so give me accommodations"; if you've got a low one, you can use it to say, "I'm slow, therefore disabled, so give me accommodations." Then you forget the IQ once you've got what you need out of it, and go on with your life. If you're not good at something, you probably won't want a career in that area anyway.