Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder characterized by persistent problems in social communication and interaction, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior, interests or activities.1 First identified in 1943 by a child psychiatrist Dr. Leo Kanner, ASD now affects about 1 in 68 children in the United States (1 in 42 boys and 1 in 189 girls). The lifetime cost for each individual has been estimated at $1.4 million, increasing to $2.4 million for those 40% with intellectual disability.2 Given that the prevalence of ASD has increased 10-fold during the past decade, researchers are actively looking to understand and characterize its features.
With support from the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) we set out to build an instrument to measure IQ for individuals having ASD. The project had two design constraints: First, the instrument must accommodate individuals with challenges or deficits in verbal abilities; second, the instrument must accommodate individuals with limited attentional resources. With these two constraints in mind we built the HRS – Matrix Adaptive Test (HRS-MAT).3
http://blog.hrs-mat.com/measuring-iq-in ... ve-testing
I got 72. I know with the vast majority of such tests I rate borderline/well below average .
14 Apr 2019, 4:56 am
