How to Know Your I.Q. Level without Taking the Test & Brainy Stories by Billy J. Burton - HTML preview

Chapter 2 : The “Gifted”, The Neuro-atypicals

(I.Q. above 130) 2.5%

Countless books already exist on giftedness266;however, they are habitually written by

psychologists who offer their knowledge as outsiders.

As an insider, I wish to provide a glimpse into what being gifted entails, the resulting

advantages, and struggles. Clearly, gifted people still remain a mystery to most Neurotypicals

and even sometimes to themselves.

Essentially, there are really TWO main types of gifted individuals, for psychology and cognitive

behavior become particularly unconventional around the 145 mark160:

1- The Moderately Gifted who present an I.Q. level between 130 and 144 and comprise

approximately 95% of all gifted individuals.

2- The Highly, Exceptionally and Profoundly Gifted who display a score superior to 145 and are

the remaining 5%.