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08 Jul 2018, 11:12 am

Just saw this story on a link:
Texas teen with autism receives perfect score on standardized math test



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08 Jul 2018, 3:26 pm

Congratulations


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09 Jul 2018, 1:51 am

Oooh, "standard".


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09 Jul 2018, 2:06 am

std???
on math, well thats a surprise 8)



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09 Jul 2018, 2:28 am

If it is about you, Congratulations! It's awesome to be featured like that!

That being said, this article is absolutely terrible. it goes with the false assumption that people with autism are usually too dumb to do good on tests, it's actually promoting the worst of the stereotypes that people have of ASD. If you read some of the comments, people are demonstrating such ignorance it actually angers me (and trust me, I am very rarely offended by what people say).

To quote a comment : "strange. I've heard of this [autism]. their minds are damaged in someway from birth yet their areas of the brain responsible for math are somehow stronger"

My reaction: ??????????????????????????????


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16 Jul 2018, 5:52 am

I didn't see at first that 5% maxed it. It it had been 0.5% or 0.3% it would have been worth quoting.



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16 Jul 2018, 7:07 am

'STD test 'means something very different in the UK :D