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Husband with IQ of 158

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I don't know what to expect here. My husband is autistic, he was diagnosed in his early 20's before we met. He is now 35, he is a secondary school maths teacher.

I would like to find other people who have had similar experiences to him if possible. The difficulty he has is that he finds extremely complex maths and science (up to and including PHD level) easy but has no one to discuss these things with, as people we know and people he works with don't understand things on the same level as him.

He doesn't really have any of his own friends, but will tolerate some of mine sometimes. Generally he finds other people boring. But he also sometimes expresses feeling lonely or isolated. He finds social situations very stressful, and will avoid them where possible. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

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  • I'm also a secondary school maths teacher...but my subject knowledge doesn't stretch to PhD level though! Are there any online forums he could use? I know on wrong planet there is a specific maths/sci/comp sub-forum. Like sunflower says, what about professional bodies?

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    Former Member in reply to Bagpuss7

    Have you heard of the Riemann hypothesis?  Good - you've heard of some PhD(+) level maths.   There's a library over there, and here's some pencils and paper.  I understand the computer centre have these new fangled computing thingies and if you're lucky you can probably find a spotty undergrad who can explain how to use them.  If you have any other questions just ask.  If you can prove it there's a PhD and a million dollars involved.  Now don't slack - get cracking boy!  :-D.

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    Former Member in reply to Former Member

    By the way, as your supervisor my name goes first on any papers you publish - it's to help your credibility you see so you have more chance of getting published.  Plus a very reasonable 20% of that prize is mine as "future grant and sponsorship funding."  It's so difficult to get EPSRC funding these days don't you know!

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    Former Member in reply to Former Member

    By the way, as your supervisor my name goes first on any papers you publish - it's to help your credibility you see so you have more chance of getting published.  Plus a very reasonable 20% of that prize is mine as "future grant and sponsorship funding."  It's so difficult to get EPSRC funding these days don't you know!

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