'People with a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome do not usually have accompanying learning disabilities, but may still have specific learning difficulties, such as dyslexia.'
I dispute this because from my own personal experience, no testing occurs to know this. After my adult diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome at age 31, no IQ test was done. The Asperger test itself included a basic verbal IQ test. To test IQ properly it needs to be non-verbal IQ. Many of us could have low IQ. Which would give rise to the likelihood that many of us have a learning disability. Not just a learning difficulty.
Even those who have high intelligence can be deemed to have low intelligence. For example, children who have autism spectrum disorders may do well in intelligence tests but may find it very difficult to use their intelligence in everyday situations such as using the road safely. So even if a child has an IQ of more than 55 it may still be possible to show that they have a severe impairment of intelligence if you can establish that they have difficulty applying their intelligence in the real world.
DLA case law has established that Autism is a disorder of brain development, children with a diagnosis of autism or autism spectrum disorder will satisfy the condition of ‘arrested development’ or ‘incomplete physical development of the brain’.
'People with a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome do not usually have accompanying learning disabilities, but may still have specific learning difficulties, such as dyslexia.'
I dispute this because from my own personal experience, no testing occurs to know this. After my adult diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome at age 31, no IQ test was done. The Asperger test itself included a basic verbal IQ test. To test IQ properly it needs to be non-verbal IQ. Many of us could have low IQ. Which would give rise to the likelihood that many of us have a learning disability. Not just a learning difficulty.
Even those who have high intelligence can be deemed to have low intelligence. For example, children who have autism spectrum disorders may do well in intelligence tests but may find it very difficult to use their intelligence in everyday situations such as using the road safely. So even if a child has an IQ of more than 55 it may still be possible to show that they have a severe impairment of intelligence if you can establish that they have difficulty applying their intelligence in the real world.
DLA case law has established that Autism is a disorder of brain development, children with a diagnosis of autism or autism spectrum disorder will satisfy the condition of ‘arrested development’ or ‘incomplete physical development of the brain’.
