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Ability Profiles in Children with Autism

Influence of Age and IQ

Susan Dickerson Mayes

Penn State College of Medicine, USA

Susan L. Calhoun

Penn State College of Medicine, USA

To understand the effect of IQ and age on ability in children with autism, psychological data were analyzed for 164 3- to 15-year-olds with autism (IQs 14-143). As age increased, so did IQ, which probably reflects both an actual increase in IQ over time and the likelihood that brighter children are diagnosed later. Early in life, 67 percent had normal motor and delayed speech milestones. Verbal IQ continued to lag behind non-verbal IQ during the preschool years. By school age, the gap between verbal and non-verbal IQs had closed. Visual reasoning exceeded graphomotor scores for all children, and surpassed IQ for most. Graphomotor scores were significantly below IQ for both high-IQ groups. For school-age children with low IQs, math, spelling, and writing scores were consistent with IQ and reading was above IQ. School-age children with high IQs had average reading, math, and spelling scores and a weakness in writing.

Key Words: ability profiles • academic achievement • autism • developmental milestones • IQ

Autism, Vol. 7, No. 1, 65-80 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1362361303007001006
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