Comments on: Autism and MR wrongly linked in the past? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/autism-and-mr-wrongly-linked-in-the-past/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:23:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kevin_1000 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/autism-and-mr-wrongly-linked-in-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-529352 Kevin_1000 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:07:49 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/autism-and-mr-wrongly-linked-in-the-past/#comment-529352 Definition and classification of a learning disability defined by Newcastle University: <a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nnp/teaching/disorders/learning/ld_aet.html" rel="nofollow">IQ</a> A high IQ doesn't always = success according to: <a href="http://www.eiconsortium.org/research/what_is_emotional_intelligence.htm ">EQ-I</a> Definition and classification of a learning disability defined by Newcastle University:

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A high IQ doesn’t always = success according to:

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]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/autism-and-mr-wrongly-linked-in-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-529347 Kristina Chew, PhD Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:28:04 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/autism-and-mr-wrongly-linked-in-the-past/#comment-529347 Charlie has never been formally tested for intelligence and I am already ready to take the results with several grains of salt. Charlie has never been formally tested for intelligence and I am already ready to take the results with several grains of salt.

]]> By: ebohlman http://www.blisstree.com/articles/autism-and-mr-wrongly-linked-in-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-529342 ebohlman Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:39:05 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/autism-and-mr-wrongly-linked-in-the-past/#comment-529342 It seems to me that we might be seeing "clinician's error"; kids who were both autistic and MR were probably more likely to be institutionalized and thus made easier research subjects. It's always easier to study institutionalized populations than community-based populations; it's also easier to wildly extrapolate conclusions from the former to the latter. It seems to me that we might be seeing “clinician’s error”; kids who were both autistic and MR were probably more likely to be institutionalized and thus made easier research subjects. It’s always easier to study institutionalized populations than community-based populations; it’s also easier to wildly extrapolate conclusions from the former to the latter.

]]> By: Daisy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/autism-and-mr-wrongly-linked-in-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-529332 Daisy Sat, 25 Nov 2006 19:59:03 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/autism-and-mr-wrongly-linked-in-the-past/#comment-529332 Add to that the challenge of using primarily visual test materials to attempt to measure the potential of a blind child -- it's been, and will continue to be, a long haul. Add to that the challenge of using primarily visual test materials to attempt to measure the potential of a blind child — it’s been, and will continue to be, a long haul.

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