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Tiny Rant on Chapter 10

By notatranslator

Don't want to be that guy, but there is a small part in chapter 10 that irks me. 

First of all, what the hell can you conclude from that one question to test his IQ? A newborn baby could have gotten that right by chance. 

Second of all, Zheng Xuan/the author is massively confusing intellectual disability(ID) with autism. In the context of the story, it could just be the character that is not knowledgeable. ID and autism are two different disorders that have a high comorbidity rate, so while they commonly occur together, they are not the same. While Huang Ji does show symptoms of autism, he was only diagnosed with a mild ID, which is what Zheng Xuan is basing his statements on. In addition, while a lot of savants are autistic, Savant Syndrome is still a very rare occurrence among them. Though I do understand this is a common misconception. It's not that you have to have autism to have Savant Syndrome, but Zheng Xuan is clearly confusing autism and ID given his statement about how people with "ID" tend to demonstrate superior abilities in certain areas.

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