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developmental age

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I was wondering when a person on the spectrum their  developmental age is described as lower than their chronological age, is this just because of them being on the spectrum or is this usually because of also having a learning or intellectual disability? 

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  • Generally when they say some one has a mental age of X they just mean they get the average raw score (unadjusted for age) that some one of age x usually gets on an iq test. It’s just a proxy for IQ usually and IQ is not a good proxy for an autistic person ability to cope with life without help and be independent etc.

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  • Generally when they say some one has a mental age of X they just mean they get the average raw score (unadjusted for age) that some one of age x usually gets on an iq test. It’s just a proxy for IQ usually and IQ is not a good proxy for an autistic person ability to cope with life without help and be independent etc.

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