What would happen if we were wrong ? What would happen if we were doing wrong tests to determine the degree of intelligence of a child with autism ? Your child is not of little value. He is very different and special. Your expectations for him may change in the future. He may acquire skills that we thought he would never have. If we let the world set expectations for my child, he will start weak and remain so. Perhaps your child is capable of more than we expect. Perhaps he just may not understand how to tell us, or we have not yet learned how to listen.