Is Asperger's a learning disability? Yes or no?

[clg114]

I do not think that autism is a learning disability, but that is not to say that autistic people can not have a learning disability. I just believe that autism does not cause learning a disability. I have been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome (DSM IV 299.80) and I do not believe that I have a learning disability. I have always been able to figure out anything I set my mind to. It is my understanding that autistic people process information differently than NT's do. In some ways better and in some ways not as well.

 

[SomeRandomAspie]

Are youre sure youre an aspie?

Maybe youre just brilliant

There's no denying I'm brilliant more or less. Wait a second, I think that may have been the dumbest thing I've said all day. I do however have an official diagnosis, I'm just really smart and adaptable.

 

[hutchie]

I've struggled in all jobs and courses I've done, concerns have been raised and training extended or failed probation periods,, so for me yes. And then get told "but you really are inteligent"?! Ffs really!

 

[Crossbreed]

I've struggled in all jobs and courses I've done, concerns have been raised and training extended or failed probation periods,, so for me yes. And then get told "but you really are inteligent"?! Ffs really!

If you have done well on IQ tests, it is probably due to a deficit in social instinct, not that of intelligence. That has certainly happened with me.

 

[SomeRandomAspie]

But we will always have an "accent."

I don't have an accent and most aspies I know don't have an accent. You can learn to vary your tone of voice based on the sentence structure and positivity.

 

[Crossbreed]

I don't have an accent and most aspies I know don't have an accent.

I meant that figuratively, as in little edge mannerisms that betray one's autism without them realizing it. It is similar to the differences between AI and a real person in the Turing test (link included for other readers who might not know what that is).