tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post117330350585492050..comments2023-10-18T04:52:43.144-04:00Comments on Autism's Edges: Brilliant and Bright, Dull and DimwittedMothersVoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479178355207142195noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-33803117629389862652007-03-19T16:53:00.000-04:002007-03-19T16:53:00.000-04:00It's very interesting when your kid's test scores ...It's very interesting when your kid's test scores drop despite the remarkable gains you've witnessed first-hand at home. <BR/><BR/>With Sweet M's scores, her reading scores dropped because the test from the previous neuropsysch person was the Woodcock-Johnson and the more recent tester was using the Weschler. When the more recent tester also used the Woodcock-Johnson, her scores showed she'd MothersVoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479178355207142195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-81066762146899675732007-03-19T15:59:00.000-04:002007-03-19T15:59:00.000-04:00God, Vab, I'd go so far as to say your son (and mi...God, Vab, I'd go so far as to say your son (and mine) may be happier than we ever had a chance to be! I often wonder what craziness says I should socialize my son, when at present, he never sees how people look at him, or hears unkind things people say. He only even cares if a small number of people exist, and is completely unconcerned about pleasing others. WOW. While it makes it hard to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-37812652906741642672007-03-17T14:40:00.000-04:002007-03-17T14:40:00.000-04:00IQ tests are measures of specific performance in s...IQ tests are measures of specific performance in specific circumstances (for ASD kids, usually a high-social-intensity, one-to-one session in a psychologist's office). Psychologists, who rank up there with weather forecasters in terms of the accuracy of their predictive analysis, used these measurements to make general predictions about performance in very different situations. The best we can VABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652301858477760996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1173909725138889102007-03-14T19:02:00.000-04:002007-03-14T19:02:00.000-04:00Plus, there are different types of intelligence: k...Plus, there are different types of intelligence: kinetic, social, mathematical, liguistic, etc.<BR/><BR/>A "dumb jock" has a lot of kinetic intelligence, for example.<BR/><BR/>For those on the spectrum, it is so interesting to see how social intelligence can lack, but mathematical can soar. Or that sensory intelligence and perception can be so overwhelming that the child "shuts off" and/or "Kariannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508403905884601778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1173909039782109892007-03-14T18:50:00.000-04:002007-03-14T18:50:00.000-04:00These issues have long fascinated me. I was alway...These issues have long fascinated me. I was always that odd kid out - the one with the very high IQ. I used to think that was important to me, because I have always valued it so highly in others. My son's IQ comes in around 115. "Normal" by definition. Considering that the initial tests put him at a more borderline 70 (bad, bad tester), I consider that huge luck. I also think that, even theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1173898896162788432007-03-14T16:01:00.000-04:002007-03-14T16:01:00.000-04:00That makes sense . . . time to parse our differenc...That makes sense . . . time to parse our differences and make hierarchies based upon those differences . . . Thanks for your support vis-a-vis the school search . . . Our fingers are crossed.MothersVoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479178355207142195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1173879479101262232007-03-14T10:37:00.000-04:002007-03-14T10:37:00.000-04:00I think it's connected with the phases of human de...I think it's connected with the phases of human development. Currently we have more 'free' time in the Western world where we have the freedom to intellectual and examine our souls etc. If we were still in caves it would be a different set of criteria with no 'free time' for self examination unless you wanted to starve.<BR/>Best wishes and I hope you manage to rattle the School District's cage.Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828186178060722812noreply@blogger.com