Open AccessIQ in Autism: Is there an Alternative Global Cognitive Index?
Author(s) -
Pavana Amtoor Rao,
Vijaya Raman,
Tinku Thomas,
M. V. Ashok
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.150819
Subject(s) - autism , wechsler adult intelligence scale , raven's progressive matrices , intelligence quotient , childhood autism rating scale , vineland adaptive behavior scale , psychology , wechsler intelligence scale for children , rating scale , cognition , clinical psychology , wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence , developmental psychology , psychiatry , autism spectrum disorder
Intelligence quotient (IQ) but not the core symptoms have been known to predict outcomes in autism. Besides resource issues in India, assessing IQ in presence of autistic symptoms is challenging in general.