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>Most people view ASD individuals as seriously cognitively impaired and they are often seen as low IQ, so I have trouble with your assertion. Popular culture s

>Most people view ASD individuals as seriously cognitively impaired and they are often seen as low IQ, so I have trouble with your assertion. Popular culture stereotypes autists as being highly intelligent.

DoreenMichele 9y ago
https://www.appliedbehavioranalysisedu.org/is-autism-associated-with-higher-intelligence/ https://www.appliedbehavioranalysisedu.org/is-autism-associa... The very existence of autism calls into question our historical conceptualization of intelligence and IQ testing. I have two ASD sons. They are very bright. They also have some serious personal struggles. So, which is it? Does IQ measure general competence or does it measure something else? Because this latest twist in the conversation seems just ridiculous.
- Houshalter 9y ago
  I have no idea what you think this is supposed to prove. People with a weird brain condition have weird results on brain tests? >Does IQ measure general competence or does it measure something else? It's an Intelligence Quotient. It measures intelligence. No one said anything about "general competence", whatever that even means. I imagine intelligence is an important part of "general competence" though.
  - DoreenMichele 9y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15889035 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15889035 You are contradicting yourself.
    - Houshalter 9y ago
      No, I'm not.
  - brailsafe 9y ago
    Lucio in one of the parents proposed that IQ is highly correlated with general competence.
  - sydd 9y ago
    No, this is one of the biggest misundertandings about the IQ tests. It does not measure inteeligence, it measures something which we tagged with the name "IQ". We cannot measure intelligence, since we cant even define it properly (in a way that we attach a measurement unit ot it).
    - Houshalter 9y ago
      It is called an intelligence test. Actual scientists talk about it and use it as such. It is a combination of measures of many different cognitive abilities. Which seems like a pretty good definition for intelligence to me.

DoreenMichele 9y ago

https://www.appliedbehavioranalysisedu.org/is-autism-associated-with-higher-intelligence/ https://www.appliedbehavioranalysisedu.org/is-autism-associa... The very existence of autism calls into question our historical conceptualization of intelligence and IQ testing. I have two ASD sons. They are very bright. They also have some serious personal struggles. So, which is it? Does IQ measure general competence or does it measure something else? Because this latest twist in the conversation seems just ridiculous.

Houshalter 9y ago
I have no idea what you think this is supposed to prove. People with a weird brain condition have weird results on brain tests? >Does IQ measure general competence or does it measure something else? It's an Intelligence Quotient. It measures intelligence. No one said anything about "general competence", whatever that even means. I imagine intelligence is an important part of "general competence" though.
- DoreenMichele 9y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15889035 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15889035 You are contradicting yourself.
  - Houshalter 9y ago
    No, I'm not.
- brailsafe 9y ago
  Lucio in one of the parents proposed that IQ is highly correlated with general competence.
- sydd 9y ago
  No, this is one of the biggest misundertandings about the IQ tests. It does not measure inteeligence, it measures something which we tagged with the name "IQ". We cannot measure intelligence, since we cant even define it properly (in a way that we attach a measurement unit ot it).
  - Houshalter 9y ago
    It is called an intelligence test. Actual scientists talk about it and use it as such. It is a combination of measures of many different cognitive abilities. Which seems like a pretty good definition for intelligence to me.