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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How low are you talking, OP? Like someone else said, there's a big difference between an IQ of 90 which is low-average and an IQ in the 60s or mid-70s. [/quote]

I want to know this too.

IQ in the 60 to 70 range is considered intellectually disabled and the kind of "career" they could have is not going to pay 75k. In this range, it might be a stretch they even live independently. I have a family member around 65, they live at home and work stocking groceries at Trader Joe's.  That was considered a pretty good outcome. 90 looks very different. [/quote]

A steady job is actually a really good outcome for someone with an IQ of 65. I assume they have a lot of family support? I would also assume that unlike many people with an IQ of 65, they don't have major emotional or physical disabilities?[/quote]

Lot's of family support and enough money to provide specialized schools/therapists, etc. And...its still kind of rough going at times. The job has been working out generally, but there have been incidences because they're very mouthy and uncensored. So, stocking shelves ok but they will never work the register. Likely was born with FAS (a lot unknown,  foreign adoption) and who knows what else. Physical disabilities, nothing obvious but some emotional that I shudder to think how bad they could be without those supports.

Anyway, they're not making 75k or becoming a nurse or electrician anytime soon. I suspect OP is a DCUM 130 to 140+ IQ person or who is freaked their kid tested at 110.[/quote]

Yep, my friend has a child who actually has a low IQ who is in his 20s. Very similar situation to your family member (likely the mother used heroin during pregnancy, he's not my friend's biological child)--he'll never live independently, and the reason why he is able to live at home and have a high quality of life is because he is an only child  and parents could afford a lot of supports. I think he is in a program during the day where the goal is to teach him basic skills so he can do something like stock shelves like your relative (but similarly, a customer-facing job or anything requiring more than basic level reading/writing is out of the question). His parents take him everywhere he needs to go, since he will never be able to safely navigate public transit or drive on his own and he needs them to help make sure he gets places on time.[/quote]

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