Aspergers normal to above normal IQ true or false?

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Right?

I don't know.

I began speaking at age 2.5. Therefore I did not meet the diagnostic criteria for autism in the DSM 4. It honestly doesn't matter all that much to me, either way.

I'm in speech therapy and my diagnosis didn't really matter as much as my actual problems.

You need to have normal IQ (which starts at 80) to qualify the Asperger's diagnosis. So if you're an aspie you definitely have normal or above IQ. I think IQ test is a waste of time but they need the data to enter on their forms. Last time I was tested they knew it's not going to be accurate because it's done in my 3rd language, and based heavily on American culture and history, but they still had to do it to collect the numbers. However if done in your native language, most aspies show very uneven scores (like really high visual-spatial, and really low working memory...etc.), that's supposed to be a sign of autism. The total means less than the relative strength and weakness of your intelligence.

dont trust those online tests, i got 112 once but then i got a real test done and showed i was BELOW average in many areas. theyre not really reliable at all. theyre just there for kicks.

my iq looks like this

Working Memory I.Q: 89-96 = average (or low average)

Spatial and Visual I.Q: 98-101 = average

Verbal I.Q: 68-75 = below average

Processing Speed I.Q: 65- 70 = below average

which other than working memory,(which was apparently higher than some people with ASD) was claimed typical for someone with ASD

EDIT: i should mention that the reason i have short term memory loss is because i have such a slow processing.

I don't know if anyone here experience this but when I am doing an exam or doing a task or solving a puzzle I feel very very very anxious and I perform a lot worse. IQ tests included.
I think IQ places emphasis in logic and visual reasoning, and is not good at measuring things like associative skills, understanding of abstract concepts, creativity, and those are actually a VERY important part of intelligence. Depending on your study field or career they are much more important for academic success than logic and visual reasoning.

I agree. Or maybe they thought a diagnosis of Asperger's would be better accepted by the parents than a diagnosis of autism. Or maybe the poster didn't meet the therapist's stereotypes of classic autism. But anyway, you're right, and that is a weird set of diagnoses.

Lmfao! I got it exactly the same..

When i was in School, at age 9-10 or something i got dxed with mixed receptive and expressive language disorder, later at age 20 i got dxed with AS. Im (23).

Generally i do fulfill the critetia for aspergers: got average IQ, Even above in some areas according to some, i started to speak on time when i was a child, didnt had cognitive delays with self help skills etc etc, but still i have a language disorder...??
Is it Possible to have some sort of language disordee/delay and still have Aspergers? Beacuse i heard many Times for example people that had speech delays as kids still gets a AS diagnosis despite critetia for AS excludes speech delays?
Anyone else here with simillar problems as me and screen name??

P.s i did have a Account here on WP not so long ago but i did forget My nick and email..
And sorry for My lack of grammar, English is my 3rd language and im still learning it..

Isn't this like asking "is it true that bachelors are single?"?

Being single is part of the definition of "bachelor" .

Part of the definition of being aspie is having an average, or above average IQ. If you're lower than average by definition you are LFA.

And it IS "AVERAGE- to above". Being aspie doesnt guarantee that you are a genius. I just means that you're not in the R word category.

They aren't crackpot science. Some are made by crackpots though. There are a number of IQ tests that may not accurately describe general "intelligence", but they are a good meter of what they test for. I would suggest referring to the tests accepted by Mensa, Prometheus and Tektonic.

Well, technically several diagnostic standards for aspergers require average or more IQ. But I don't think anyone cares about that too much. IQ changes

I think ego tests are more about ego fulfillment and bragging rights than anything else. There are plenty enough idiots on this planet with high IQ's who are incapable of using their high IQ to benefit themselves or anyone else.

I've read somewhere that boys on the spectrum are more likely to be smarter than girls on the spectrum, but I could be wrong. Makes sense with me though, as I am average in some things, but below average in other things. I've never been cleverer than everybody else. That has never bothered me too much though. I worry more about how social I am than how clever I am.

Ok I started this thread some time ago and I have this to add.

I don't want to do a proper test because I may not like the answer.

Sometimes ignorance is bliss.

So who's got the biggest iq, sounds simple, just whip them out and measure them. Oh wait, IQ is an imaginary construct,the level of variance in scores by virtue of who administers the test demonstraites this pretty well, also demonstraites I can't spell demonstraites.
The Raven matrices, may be an exception. The nypical folk (NTs) score the same as on Stanford Bennett& wheschler scales, there are documented cases in the literature of a 45-60 percential point increase in scores on the Raven vrs the other two. The raven does not base itself on language, but rather on more direct measures of intellect.
Still, I can't say with certainty that it is truly accurate, as we are measuring something that is a made up concept.

The danish Mensa test is absolutely based on Raven, - and if you can get hold of the advanced Raven Matrices and practise those, - well, then, you may go to "heaven" (Mensa).
Many of the tests can be trained and learned....up to a point - like running or heavylifting.

The truth only emerges after max training and in situations without fear, stress and distractions.
How many IQ tests are performed on basis of that?