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D. There is no clinically significant general delay in language (e.g., single words used by age 2 years, communicative phrases used by age 3 years).
I had significant speech delay, to the point where I was thought to be deaf and unable to speak. My diagnosis was Aspergers (and this was after years of observation), so either my diagnosis is wrong or this is not correct. Not that I think "Aspergers" is separate from Autism at all...
These are the relevent criteria (source: https://iancommunity.org/cs/about_asds/about_asds_dsm_iv_criteria_for_aspergers_syndrome:
D. There is no clinically significant general delay in language (e.g., single words used by age 2 years, communicative phrases used by age 3 years).
E. There is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behavior (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood.
I'm in Mensa and I still get called the "R" word once in a while...!..., and then the world and his dog would be right back at me calling the R word (Retarded) and every other insult they can think of.
I'm in Mensa and I still get called the "R" word once in a while...!
It has been meant as a slur.Literally anything can be transformed into a slur in the right social circumstances.
Typical IQ tests are built around the assumption that test-takers can understand and use spoken language at an age-appropriate level. Children with autism, however, almost never have age-appropriate communication skills. This means that they start at a disadvantage. In addition, children with autism may react badly to a new situation and an unknown tester. Even the physical conditions under which they're asked to take the test (usually a room with bright fluorescent lights) can create challenges.
At my last IQ test, the neurologist seemed to be either offended or insecure when he saw my scores.* (I had been in the gifted class in junior high and had been versed in the basics of giftedness. He had not been so versed.)
It is better to find one with a background in autism. If you suspect that you are gifted, an expert in giftedness would work, too. They are both forms of neuro-diversity.
*He over-pathologized my scores and it took an independent 2E expert to straighten out my records.