Los Angeles Toddler With IQ Of 146 Makes History As Youngest Member Of American Mensa
With an IQ of 146, Kashe Quest, a 2-year-old from Los Angeles, has become the youngest member of the American Mensa, which is a society of highly intelligent people who have scored in the top 2 percent of the general population on a standardized intelligence test. The average American IQ is about 98.
Kashe’s mother, Sukhjit Athwal, says her daughter is able to count to 100, while most toddlers recite only a couple numbers from 1-10. While Kashe is learning Spanish and can point out all 50 U.S. states on a map based on their shape and location, she also knows more than 50 signs in sign language. Sukhjit says, “We started to notice her memory was really great. She just picked up things really fast and she was really interested in learning. At about 17, 18 months, she had recognized all the alphabet, numbers, colors and shapes.”
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Trevor Mitchell, the executive director of American Mensa — which has more than 50,000 members, including homemakers, engineers teachers, actors, etc., with ages ranging from 2 to 102 — says, “Kashe is certainly a remarkable addition to American Mensa. We are proud to have her and to be able to help her and her parents with the unique challenges that gifted youth encounter.”