People with autism tend to have far lower iqs on average
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Previously researchers have noted a high level of occurrence of the IQ profile associated with nonverbal learning disability (NLD) in Asperger syndrome (ASP) but not in high functioning autism (HFA). We examined the IQ profile scores of a large ...
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And if you want to talk about high functioning autism then:
Do individuals with high functioning autism have the IQ profile associated with nonverbal learning disability? - PMC
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People with high functioning autism seem to have average intelligence
The reason for the autism = high iq myth is largely due to media and in my opinion the focus on the hyperfixations that people with autism may experience causing them to gain vast amounts of knowledge on their special intrest, yet this has no correlation with iq since knowledge does nor equal iq