Can an Intilectual disability in autism go away?

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When I was younger I was told that I had an Intilectual Disability (or MR; whatever you want to call it). However, I've now found out that I don't have it. I just have pure autism. However, I also know that my autism used to be more severe as well. I'm wondering is it possible that I did have an ID, but with the therapy have managed overcome it? I still have some learning difficulties, but my IQ isn't in the Intilectually disabled scoring.

Ha funny. My child was told the same things. The thing is that he was able to read well in two languages at that time, but the test was all verbal communication (and his second language).

So I suspect you weren't good at verbal communication, and that you may not have understood the questions. Even if it is a picture based question, if you don't have a sense of what the person is asking you to do, you may not be able to answer even if you are smart enough.

I doubt your IQ changed all that much, but rather your ability to understand what is being asked of you did. I mean you probably have a better sense now that they expect you to answer in a certain way, and so you do that.

So more likely your autism was hiding your IQ.

This is just my opinion. I am not an expert on the matter... anyway look this boy's parents were told he would never be able to tie his own shoes ... now the boy is studying physics in college at age 12. http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/h ... -1.1340923

All's I mean to say is that it is difficult to assess a child's IQ particularly when they have autism.

My sense is, yes, you have developed and grown out of various disabilities. The brain is very plastic.

Autistics may develop completely differently from most people. And when they diagnose intellectual disability, they do it by comparing you to the people who are the same age as you. If the things that are hard for you to learn are easy for others, you might learn more slowly at one stage, and be behind. Then when you got to things that were easier for you, you might be ahead.

It's known that autistic people's IQ can vary widely over their lifetime, especially as their ability to understand the test improves. Many autistic children have tested quite low, only to learn more and show up with average or higher scores later in life, or with obvious strengths. On the other hand, some autistic children have "lost" IQ points because what was easy for them was hard for neurotypicals, and so they seemed like they were ahead when really they were just on their own schedule; later on, they seemed like they had lost IQ points because their same-age peers were learning things that were difficult for the autistic person, and they fell behind again.. This was the case for me; my IQ in childhood was measured at 11 points higher than in adulthood. But I also had a much bigger performance/verbal gap in childhood. Comparing the tests I took at age 10 and at 23, my verbal IQ dropped by ~20 points, and my performance IQ increased by ~30 points. If that's not atypical development, i don't know what is.