universallyabhorret
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People look at a few high IQ people with Aspergers or high functioning autism and think autistics are smart, but the reality is they are just exceptions to the rule. In the general western population, only 15% of the population scores 1 standard deviation or lower, than the 50th percentile which is set at an IQ of 100. On the other hand, over 55% of autistics belong to that IQ level even with greater inclusion of higher functioning autistics, although HFA is still slightly under-diagnosed.
This is around 56% which means only over 44% of autistics have an IQ of average or above, which 85% of the general population has. Above average intelligence also seems to be rarer, some sources put it at 5% or so, while the general population has around 15% of people.
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