Big gap between IQ and reading ability

[Anonymous]

Hello there anon. I would love to connect with you and discuss what feedback you’ve gotten and if you’ve been given any further direction. What you describe sounds like my son precisely! My just turned 7 yr old is extremely bright in 98 percentile IQ and got invited into Mensa at age 6. He’s doing third and fourth grade math in his head but when it comes to reading, he’s incredibly slow and it is very difficult for him. When I read to him, he can recite back verbatim months later what the page says, but for him to actually break it apart and read it himself is a struggle. We’ve done the Psychoeducational eval with a psychologist and he does have ADHD and he cannot attend to tasks very well. He fidgets and spaces out and distracts himself more than any external stimuli. I’m considering looking for alternative learning environments from traditional school setting to try and find ways to better meet his needs, but I don’t want to take away his social circle as this was a slow developing area for him in the beginning. Again I would love to connect and see if you’ve gotten any insight or encouraging suggestions for helping our brilliant reading challenged kiddos!

[Anonymous]

IQ is just an average of a bunch of measurements. It doesn't mean you have exactly a certain level of ability at everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t really understand it. But its decoding skills. My daughter has intellectual disability but hyperlexia. Like her father and his family, no one had to teach her how to read. And she reads phonetically too. However, she can’t really interpret what she reads and she does poorly at other academics. She’s below average at problem solving in general.

So reading ability does not seem to be connected to IQ from what I can tell.

This is the standard autism story too

IQ is an average of many tests of different abilities. Different test batteries test different abilities.

IQ isn't a simple precise measurement like height.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. This is helpful. I did ask the doc some of these questions, but it’s hard to think of everything during the feedback meeting, which is why I sought information here.

OP feedback meetings can be overwhelming. Send your follow-up questions to the doc via email.

[Anonymous]

My daughter has a very high IQ but has a specific type of dyslexia that makes spelling and reading difficult.
She has really turned a corner this year though so we are very excited that she is FINALLY enjoying reading after years of tears (she is in 4th)