Asperger Syndrome VS IQ

Why does State or Federal have to add IQ requirement when come to Asperger Syndrome?

It is obvious that they are trying to remove the high intelligent person from the rest but it also bad enough that all of them have a same problem.

Asperger Syndrome's text book said that people with Asperger Syndrome have average to high intelligence.

Every people with Asperger Syndrome have the same problem.

What does IQ aka intelligence have to do with it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ

Even research show that research is inaccurate when they say that practicing on brain teaser raise IQ.

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[hardknocksphd]

I took the WAIS IQ test and I can say IQ does neeed some work.

Yes, I have a pretty good one.

But as my wife says, I have no common sense, even though I am sometimes seen as a walking encyclopedia.

And memory is not intelligence either, true.

Idiot savants are the perfect proof of that.

[Bopkasen]

I am thinking that my social IQ has been widen and not narrow but that was over 2 years ago.

Professor told me that gray matters blocked connection and that it get thinner each year. A recent article was released saying that scientists weren't surprise that gray matter blocking was the cause for lower intelligence.

If that was the case, I could be getting more intelligent each year. I can't imagine what will happen next but I feel like intellect power growing inside me as we speak.

[BrendanP2112]

I was diagnosed with anxiety disorder and MDD but when I brought up the fact that I think I may have AS my doctor actually took offense to it. He concluded that I am self righteous and have an attitude problem. While I am not denying I had one at the time, his advice to disprove this theory to myself was to watch Rain Man. This makes me believe he doesn't even know what AS is. The fact that when I brought up that Autism is different then AS he changed the subject.

[Bopkasen]

Change your doctor, your doctor seem to not practicing his physcologist well.

Rain Man isn't 100% accurate to diagnosed what is autism, just a description in illustration. There are other video that show autism in different type that is different than in Rain Man.

[EvangelionXxXxX]

Usually the people who complain the most about the validity of IQ tests are the ones who score low on them to begin with...

[Bopkasen]

Except... if you look at the system instead of the result.

You can complain that the system telling you that you have too high IQ.

This is definitely a logic failure to suggest that people that complain are the victim unless we including the odd.

[H0D0NKAIN]

I've found that those with Asperger Syndrome have a very unique perspective. I believe that perspective is everything and plays a very important role in intelligence and awareness.

I believe that we aspies may be more aware of ourselves (mentally and physically) while neural-typicals seem to be more aware of others and their mood. Which probably explains why us aspies have a hard time having fun with large groups.

[BrendanP2112]

IQ can only measure parts of intelligence. To think there is some end all test to tell how smart you are is ridiculous. IQ tests mainly test how you SOLVE PROBLEMS. You can still be a slow problem solver and be intelligent. Who is more intelligent the amazing problem solver or the one who can paint a masterpiece? They answer is ... both

[WickedJakyoku]

And IQ test measures the accuracy with which you process information, make connections, and hold information for a short-term period of time. I have asperger's syndrome, and my IQ is just over 140. I qualify for a number of scholarships because of it.

Hey, you can say what you want about IQ tests, but you'll be taking tests until you're out of college. If my IQ test says I'm a genius, and I can get scholarships because of it, I don't care if it's accurate or not. :I

[papasmurfXXX]

IQ tests may fail with aspergers syndrome, which needs a whole new system.

[RyuDarkwood]

@EvangelionXxXxX

Just as true as saying that it are the people who score high are the ones that want this outdated means of measurement to exist to boost their self esteem and give them the sense of security that at least they reached a high score and are therefore better than the ones who score lower.

[RyuDarkwood]

I seem to be getting a different score every time I get myself tested. Because of my autism I'm very dependent on circumstances outside myself. For factors as sounds, sights, happenings in my personal life have a tremendous effect on how I'm able to concentrate.

It's also so ridicilously superficial to think taking a test on certain areas can be comprehensive for every element of the person's intelligence.

[Bill1275w]

For an aspergian, the IQ test is bullshit unless it covers the few subject areas you're interested in. Couldn't find an IQ test on history or aviation, so I let my degree with honors and my work history as a naval engineering officer, flight instructor, cargo pilot, and stockbroker speak for me. I did pass the AP history exam, but didn't get the implied college credit for it.

[CCRkunk88]

I have Asperger's, I took an IQ test when I was 15, and tested an IQ of 125.

[PowerRedBull]

@BrendanP2112

Unfortunately doctors often think they're much smarter than they actually are. They often miss logic, reasoning and social insight. The problem is that doctors are 'Looked up to' and the people who want to be looked up too, often are not the smartest ones, but the ones with the biggest ego (and stamina). Scientists should be doctors, and the current doctors....well...some of them are good, but from my exprience the average did not have a top notch IQ

[PinkPunkyKat]

I had an IQ test and it came back 70.4 but I was in the midst of a panic attack because they wouldn't let me go home and would not even give me an estimite of when I would be able too.