Re: Is your IQ so high it can't be measured? ADHD superpowers

[Tiddler]

I had the results of my lengthy cognitive tests yesterday and it was quite something for me to see just how damaging my inattentiveness has been.

On one of the tests on the IQ test, I got the highest marks the doctor had ever seen.

My IQ is high. I have been, until this point, largely unable to use it because it has been trapped in an inattentive, chaotic, impulse driven brain that simply could not put it to use.

I can see how the impulsive, divergent thinking that comes with ADHD could in some cases harness the intellect and use it well. That is cause for real celebration. Put the underpants over the tights! But I work with kids whose high IQ causes them significant problems and those who also have other special needs like AS or ADHD have a particularly hard time. I think it’s important to be respectful of all our differences. We can celebrate the positive union of anyone’s ADHD and their abilities. We don’t need to attribute things to ADHD when in reality they are walking hand in hand for some of us and in others perhaps more like fist against fist.

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