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Daniel,

I once had an IQ test administered and score somewhere around 60; I was nervous, experiencing stress, sensory issues, and was also rather hungry given that my mother didn't have much money for food at the time. Environmental factors have a high degree of influence on mental function.

I had an IQ test administered about 6 years ago and I scored somewhere in the high 130s cumulatively with a distinct difference between performance and verbal.

Distance learning is developing to the point that you may not need to even set foot on a college campus in order to get a degree, depending on what degree you want to study for. From your posts, I would say that your IQ is at least average and nowhere near 60.

Wondering if anyone knows the influence of one’s IQ score on qualification for and amount of governmental support? Can the IQ score alone change verdict on type of autism a person has?

IIRC there's an IQ limit for LFA, but I could be wrong. Government support is often based on ability to function, hold down a job, etc. I don't think the type of autism matters so much as the level of function.

AS allows no cognitive delay. An IQ score below 70 is supposed to get one diagnosed with autistic disorder/infantile autism or PDD-NOS or atypical autism but not with Asperger's.

Autistic disorder/infantile autism is tagged HFA if the person has an IQ above 70 (no upper limit) but still fits the criteria for that type of autism.

An IQ score below 70 usually means a person gets tagged as LFA.

I haven't read the whole thread, but IMHO this is just the example of how unmeasurable IQ is and how little those tests mean.

I also had a few official tests and the outcomes have varied greatly. personally I always thought that it depended on how I felt that day, if I had a "slow" day and was in my insomniac mode I couldn't possibly have scored more, etc

IQ testing is BS and I don't get why some people get so excited about having scored high. it's just as meaningless as the aspie test :p

IQ testing isn't meaningless, though it is problematic for people and groups who are not average. And of course it's controversial. Say anything about IQ and start an argument.

Being significantly different from average in any way can cause all sorts of problems, starting in school where they make you study with people your own age rather than progress at your own speed. (I'm a huge fan of Montessori's research and wish I got to study under her system, all the way through to the end of high school.)

IQ is less of a problem after school ends if you can find work at a level you're comfortable at. Disabilities often complicate that, unfortunately.

And yeah, you can learn a lot with distance education or even just doing a lot of reading (I've done a lot of reading since finishing university, finally learning how to use my brain the way it wants). Translating that into a job is a bit more complex, though . . .

I'm not. Life was much funnier when Daniel was mentally ret*d, as he is really quite brilliant.

I'd like to know what kind of questions they asked.

You're like the smartest, most intellectual person on the forums..

It strikes me as strange how on a site like this after we have posted so many threads about IQ and intelligence that so many people still think it has something to do with how 'smart' we appear to be or appear to 'perform'.

It lies! IQ tests are silly.

I'm starting to wonder whether some day all mentally retardation will be reclassified as learning disabilities. Do all people with MR have uneven score patterns? A lot seem to. I'm seeing this in things I'm reading elsewhere as well. . . . back to the library . . .

This thread has really given me a lot to think about. Thanks, Daniel.