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Danielismyname
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08 Mar 2010, 1:11 pm

Given the whole spectrum, at a minimum, about...25% have mental retardation/learning disabilities. About 3/4, or 75% of those with a delay in verbal ability have such.

There's obviously a massive link (even the 25% figure is way higher than the normal population, which is around 2%).

And hey, to me, being socially impaired to a level that offers a diagnosis is equally as bad as having a secondary feature that makes learning hard; you just might be unlucky and get hit by both.



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08 Mar 2010, 1:13 pm

pumibel wrote:
PunkyKat wrote:
We're supposedly all males that can't function in real life but who are math geniuses.

Everytime the math genius sterotype gets mentioned, I want to strangle the person that mintioned it. Aparently I was the poster child for AS (aside from being female) yet I had the poorest math grades in the class. I'm good at algebra as an adult but I can't do simple arethemitc to save my life. If they don't let me use a simple calculator on the MCAT, I am screwed. I can understand the principles for algebra (I found a program that is a match to my learning style) but cannot memorise the times tables. I can't even do the simplest addition problems without using my fingers. I need a visual, physical representive of how many. A symbol just dosen't work. If I wasn't allowed to use my fingers as a child, I coudn't even understand one plus one. I personaly think we should do away with arethmitic in schools and teach calculator skills in kindergarden and start basic algebra in first grade. The misconception that it is a strictly male condition is annoying but I could kill anyone who brings up the math one.


That taking away and limiting our special intrests will make us better.

That a child who is born LF is going to stay that way.

That only white people can have AS/autism.


Have you ever seen the "touchpoint" style math? They taught it to my daughter in forst and second grade, and she has used it ever since. I home school her now, but I see her adding by using the points. It does employ some memorization though. I took forever to memorize my timetables. i was failing math until I moved in the middle of 5th grade. I guess the new school had it right because I started in special ed and went to the advanced math class within a month or two, and I have been very good with math (I guess I had it in me all along) ever since. I took 5 years of math in my high school.
Anyway, my daughter is NT as far as i can tell, but she has a hard time with math. I suddenly forgot where I was going with this reply...


Never heard of that program. I am homeschooled too. I use a program called Keys to Algebra. It dosen't take forever explaning everything and lets you jump in and do the problems. Thextbooks take forever explaning everything and by the time you finnaly are able to do the problems, I am worn out from boredom. I need to do things in order to learn them. I'm neither a verbal or visual learner. I learn by doing.



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08 Mar 2010, 6:06 pm

Danielismyname wrote:
Given the whole spectrum, at a minimum, about...25% have mental retardation/learning disabilities. About 3/4, or 75% of those with a delay in verbal ability have such.

There's obviously a massive link (even the 25% figure is way higher than the normal population, which is around 2%).

And hey, to me, being socially impaired to a level that offers a diagnosis is equally as bad as having a secondary feature that makes learning hard; you just might be unlucky and get hit by both.


This is closer to reality than the other number posted here.

According to some stats I have seen from UK, 78% of all people with ASD have IQ higher than 70. So about 22% of autistics match the necessary condition for mental retardation. That's only the diagnosed. If you add the undiagnosed, the numbers start looking more "normal". On top of that are the obvious problems with the way IQ is determined on autistic children, especially LFA.