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who have iq's in the low 80's understand fully the world around them???

Even those with IQs in the high 180's don't fully understand the world around them

so true ! !

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But really, Chief.. If you were sleep deprived, the results you got on that test didn't reflect your actual intelligence, and IQ score alone isn't an accurate picture of the cognitive abilities of somebody with an ASD anyway. The strengths and weaknesses are just way too varied for a single score to have any meaning.

It's like long division-- if you're a kid with ADD trying to do problems with 15 steps, where making a mistake on any one of those steps will give you a wrong answer to the problem, you're likely to fail the test. A kid who fails fifth-grade math tests can go on to get As in calculus.

I was actually talking about IQ tests the other day to a carer of mine who agreed with me that they are a load of crap. My IQ is 90 (apparently) however they said that is not accurate because 1/3 of it is below average, 1/3 is average and the other 1/3 is above average... basically I am stupid, normal and clever... how does that make sense?

IQ tests were designed a long time ago. They are mainly based on math skills and require you to be concentrating well. If for some reason you aren't concentrating as well on the day, like if you're tired or unwell (or have AD/HD like me) then you are going to do worse on the test than if you were healthy. The whole system is flawed so don't feel bad.