XPost: sci.med.diseases.lyme, alt.support.child-protective-services   
   From: bidkev@iprimus.com.au   
      
   X-posting to asa removed.   
      
   MicheleP wrote:   
   > You are SO wrong about Aspergers...   
   > People with this are HIGHLY intelligent   
      
   Not so. My son is dx'd AS and is intellectually impaired. I have a   
   circle of acquaintances who are carers of children with AS and 30% of   
   them have children who are *below* average intelligence. The assumption   
   that *all* AS people are highly intelligent is highly damaging in that   
   often more is expected of them than is possible. They are often   
   "overtasked" and there is invariably an assumption that their "inability   
   to grasp" is a social problem when it may well be a problem of below   
   average intelligence (as indicated by conventional testing).   
      
   The measuring of the intelligence of AS children via conventional IQ   
   tests also not reflect their intelligence in "splinter areas". I   
   personally tend to dismiss the conventional measuring system, as despite   
   my son's "ratings" he is often more aware of, and conversant with, other   
   things that my other highly intelligent son cannot grasp.   
      
   kev.........returning to asa   
      
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