IQ and Autism...Let's Clear Something Up!

It’s time to clarify something important. Being diagnosed with autism does not mean someone lacks IQ or intelligence. It means they don’t understand language like a neurotypical person does. I mean, if you speak English only, but took an IQ test in Mandarin, you’d probably not score very high.

[GiovD]

See Language is primarily a tool for communication rather than thought, by Evelina Fedorenko, Steven T. Piantadosi & Edward A. F. Gibson, in Nature 630 (2024).

[pwk]

I took an IQ test decades ago that was not verbal.

[EmiE]

My SAT scores were not that great (900 range). The first time I took the GRE, the verbal was in the 11th percentile. I found out how the test worked and brought it up to the 50th percentile second time around. Then I took the raven's advanced progressive matrices and my score was in the 95th percentile.

I think I might be autistic. My AQ was 38. Aspie quiz was 122. I took the RAADS-R and I think it was in the 130's. CAT-Q was also way above average.

I was also diagnosed with APD and my test indicated I might also have a neurological language disorder, but I never got tested for that.

I think I'm fairly smart. I'm about to get my PhD to be a scientist.

[ugwcrul]

Ive always have thought that im stupid and dumb i have autism

[ExistenceUniversity]

Concept formation requires language. If you cannot construct a sentence, youncannot think that sentence. You cannot assume someone has a high or normal IQ if they cannot construct concepts. Language is proof of intelligence.

[chriscotton]

I'm a 3SD and athletic. But still have ASD.