Depressed non-verbal scores are common, but frequently at least partly due to problems with visual processing, visual-motor integration, and fine motor coordination (all of which are common areas of difficulty for Aspies), as most of the subtests used to measure non-verbal reasoning rely heavily on these areas.
My son shows a pretty "typical Aspie" profile in
his scores . High verbal skills and poor visual and motor skills are very common in this group. "Classic" autism kids tend to be less verbal and more visual-spatial as a group, since language delay excludes an Aspergers diagnosis and is one of the diagnostic features of classic autism, at least until they do away with the distinction between the two.
