IQ and Atypical Autism

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Hello guys! I am 19 with a 130 iq. I have atypical autism/synesthesia. Is 130 a high iq to you all? Is it hih enough to be considered exceptional? Give me your thoughts!

It's high for Mississippi.

JUST KIDDING, I live in Louisiana so the same could be said for my state. 130 is above average, a pretty good IQ but remember a straight IQ isn't a good measure for someone on the autistic spectrum. If it matters, mine is 124; but in my opinion, it really doesn't matter for much. It's certainly not going to matter on job applications, but in many cases your special interests where you excel will matter!

Thanks! Lol! People in Ms are interestingly ignorant!! !! I have atypical autism, so my obsessive interests make people think I am a genius!

Jm, what is the difference between atypical autism and autism?

Atypical autism means that you do not have enough autism symptoms to be classified as aspergers but you have autistic tendencies!

OP: what you explain is called Atypical Asperger's, which comes under PDD-NOS, the same with Atypical Autism. They're the most common diagnoses nowadays.

Yes, it's atypical Asperger's, the same thing I have!

I have a 190 IQ but it hardly says anything about my functioning. I have auditory processing problems and a lot of other stuff holding me back.

1 in 110,000,000

You must be a savant of some sort...

I'd like to move to the Ms and be a genius there... There are also a few smart people in where I live but they are just machines, they aren't intellectual.

I think it does affect your functioning, with Savants being the anomaly. Mine's 132 and I am more intelligent than a lot of people in my school.

Wow, there are some geniuses in here, lol! My misinterpretation of litearl or implied meanings has held me back in many ways!! !! But I entered 2nd grade at age 5, knew and could explain the anatomy of the worm at 6, could eplain the latin derivations of chemical elements at age 9, inventions and scientific experiments at 10. Full blown psychology expert at age 11, entered college at age 16!

It took me the first three years of school to spell "park" (one repeat in there); that's at the young age of 8.

I don't know. I am really good at quiz shows though lol. I had an obsession with Australia. My therapist made the mistake of asking me about it. I drew her a map including all the cities over 50,000, wrote all the 10 ten most populous cities in the column, notated the major points of interests (12 apostles on the great ocean road, ect) and mapped the climate zones. Adelaide and Perth are in the Mediterranean classification and so is South Africa, Chile, Mediterranean of course, and parts of the west coast of the US (California).



My literal way of interpreting things hurt me a lot too. There were teachers who tried to make trick question multiple choice tests and I really hated that. I like things to be clear cut without any other possibility or interpretation.

I was talking in complete sentences at a little over a year old. I said my first word and started walking really early. Because of my narrow interests I never was moved through school as fast as you. I tended to focus on my interest and school as little as possible. I wouldn't do my homework and I had hearing problems so they stuck me in special education.



I had a lot of trouble with spelling, grammar, and math too. I think i mentioned somewhere else that the first time I took the IQ test I didn't do as good. Every time I've taken it I've scored much higher.

Well I do also have this crazy obsession with counting everyday items and then factoring then ib my head! I guess I am like a factor tree, lol

I'll answer the OP question a bit more:

130 IQ is very very good, but not super freaky exceptional. Top ~2-3% of population.

However they're not very accurate tests for us, if you saw a break down at how you did at each section you will probably see it varies a lot (eg in mine in some sections I was getting 105-110, in others I was pretty much hitting the maximum that IQ test went up to). NT people get roughly the same score in each part and hence a more accurate result.


In any case, it's what you do with your potential that counts, rather then wondering how exceptional you are. So show the world your talents!