[tiamat]

One of the things you can say about autistic kids is that they are ALL different.

I have yet to meet one that is a "typical" autistic.

Tell you what: a lot of them are very bright, too. The notion that most show "some retardation" is bunk. Lots of autistic kids are smarter than average, and some of them are brilliant.

[merry10]

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[SauronOfMordor]

Tell you what: a lot of them are very bright, too. The notion that most show "some retardation" is bunk. Lots of autistic kids are smarter than average, and some of them are brilliant.

The difference between retardation and brilliance may just be the degree to which the subject is interested in the subjects that the tester thinks are important

[cupcakes]

Agree tiamat--you get my son in the right mood and you can find out just how many words he knows, but he will not use any of them in expressive language and still screams and uses body language to assert himself. Many of these children are very bright and probably have access in their heads to just as many words as their "normal" counterparts, but they just can't bridge that gap to expressive communication.