iq affecting diagnosis

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hi, i was diagnosed with tourettes,and ocd when i was 10 years old. my mom has always wondered if i had aspergers or something like it too. Well I ended making an appointment to see a autism specialist in toronto, and went through all sorts of IQ testing, executive functioning testing, aspergers tests, and plenty of other tests. the dr. said that i do in fact have aspergers but she still has to add up all of my cognitive scores. but now i'm kind of worrying. because she said i have aspergers but what if my IQ scores aren't at the range that they need to be in order to have the actual diagnosis? i really need to be diagnosed. it would help with my schooling, and social areas. so i guess what i'm wondering is if IQ scores are below average, and i don't qualify for aspergers, is there something else like it??? any help would be great.

You might come under 'PDDNOS' or 'higher functioning autism'.

Aspergers are average to above average IQ so there might be a possibility the doctor gives you the diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum disorder (ASD) or higher functioning autism instead of asperger's syndrome if your IQ runs lower than average.

This is one of the reasons professionals want to the ASD term for all autism diagnosis because it is very difficult to accurately measure IQ of people with autism in the first place.

You seem to have an IQ that qualifies as average and you definitely have at least average cognitive ability judging by your post.

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