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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I don't have time to read all of the responses now but I will come back later.

My DS is 9yo now and he has ASD (aspergers), ADHD, LD, and anxiety.  He was first tested at 6yo and found to have above average intelligence, average working memory, but processing speed was more than 3 standard deviations below his strengths.  We weren't happy with multiple things about the testing (not directly related to the WISC portion, but there were glaring problems in the report) so we went to a more reputable place and did a full neuro-psych.  The psychologist there felt that the WISC had not been administered correctly .. among other things, they reported it as the WISC-V when it had to have been the WISC-IV.  So she re-administered the WISC and DS tested as average IQ, average working memory, and below average processing speed.  She also commented that she didn't think the test was truly indicative of his strengths.  With the combination of anxiety and slow processing speed, he does really poorly on anything where he feels timed and/or pressured.  All of this is to say that IQ testing can be helpful but there are instances where it really doesn't speak to a child's strengths.

Meanwhile, DS is doing fine academically.  He's been in a low-stress environment.  He does struggle with language arts because of his LD and he can't cope with a full day of activities.  Frequently after school he just needs to decompress.  Once when I picked him up early and had back-to-back well child and dentist appointments (all routine, no shots or fillings or anything like that) he burst into tears during TKD later in the evening.  I think he works harder at school and it does drain him.  Speaking of sports .. soccer was horrible.  TKD is mostly going well.  There are evenings where he's just too tired to go, but when he goes, he is super focused and motivated.  It's really good to see.  Swimming was also good so long as the class sizes were small.  Once there were more than 3 or 4 kids, he couldn't follow what he was supposed to be doing.

I've never been tested but pretty sure I've got lower processing speed and ADHD ... and I've ended up in technology management.  I get really good ratings from people who've worked for me because I ask a lot of questions and let them solve their own problems.  It takes me a while to wrap my head around things but so long as I'm asking more questions, I'm both getting more time to think and more information.  And they think it's genius .. hahahaha

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