11-Year-Old Autistic Boy Gets Highest Possible IQ Score, Beating Albert Einstein

<blockquote>An 11 year old boy <b>Kevin Sweeney has achieved a higher IQ score than two of the worlds most famous geniuses, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.</b><br><br>Sweeney, <b>who has autism, has always been really clever according to his parents</b>. He knew the periodic table at the age of six and could read before he had even started primary school.<br><br>Being a fan of quizzes and game shows, Kevin took the Mensa IQ test at the Quaker Meeting House in Edinburgh, and scored 162.<br><br><b>Stephen Hawking has an IQ of 160 and, although Albert Einstein never officially took an IQ test, scientists believe his to be the same.</b><br><br>Kevin has now been invited to join Mensa the worlds oldest high IQ society.<br><br>His dad Eddie Sweeney, 40, told how Kevin had been the only child taking the test that day.<br><br>Eddie said: We thought he might get overwhelmed being with all adults, but he was just chatting away to everyone saying: Hi, Im Kevin.<br><br>Its amazing. We are so proud and Kevin is over the moon. Kevin was running round the garden when he got the results.<br><br>It meant a lot more to him than we imagined it would. We hope this is a great boost for him.<br><br>Life has its challenges for Kevin, and we really want to help maximise his potential and give him every opportunity in life.<br><br>We always told people hes a genius, and I dont use that word lightly.<br><br>Eddie and mum Laura, 39, said Kevin is able to answer all the questions on The Chase, Who Wants to Be A Millionaire and Only Connect<br><br>Eddie said: <b>(Kevin) got the 250,000 question correct even before the options came up.</b><br><br>When another show asked about the cost of a bus fare in Harry Potter, he was adamant the answer they gave was wrong.<br><br>He went upstairs, found the right page in the right book within seconds and proved he was rightthe film version had used a different price.<br><br><b>But the parents say Kevins biggest passion is music as he sings and plays the chanter, piano and guitar</b>.</blockquote><br><a rel=ugc href="https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2022/8/11-year-old-autistic-boy-gets-highest-possible-iq-score-beating-albert-einstein-and-stephen-hawking.html">SOURCE</a>
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