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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - [b]it sounds like you are just looking for someone to agree with you.[/b]  I'm sure all of the ADHD kids out there have superior work to their classmates.  Oh wait, they probably don't becuase with a wisc of 127, while good, is not a wisc of 145.  so i guess maybe some other kids work might be superior to his.  maybe you should just wait and see what happens and let us know if putting your child on meds, organizing all his work for him and all of the other things you'll have to do for them works. [/quote]

I didn't know I had to agree with everybody on DCUM? I just agreed with one PP. And that doesn't mean I don't agree with the others. What's your issue?

You seem to not understand children with disabilities and particularly twice exceptional children. You may be misunderstanding Fairfax County's own policy though on twice exceptional children. Giftedness has less to do with achievement and more to do with the potential for achievement. Give the gifted deaf girl accommodations and she, too, can likely achieve the 145 your precious child achieved. Many children with ADHD will 'outgrow' their problem after brain maturation over time. Whether they can 'organize their work,' or need reminders to finish their homework isn't the defining characteristic of giftedness. Giftedness can come in all ways - within autism, within ADHD, within deaf people, blind people, etc...Thomas Alva Edison and Einstein both apparently had ADHD/ADD.  The county seems to believe that by failing to recognize the potential for exceptional achievement in such children, our society may lose an ingenious inventor, a writer of a literary masterpiece, a research scientist who may develop the cure for cancer. So when the AAP committee recognizes the exceptional potential achievement of disabled children, they provide accommodations to level the playing field and this allows for disabled gifted children to contribute just as much as any other gifted child.

I am definitely nervous about how my child will do in an AAP program without support. But the school is working to provide accommodations for him and believes he is gifted. If he doesn't get accepted he'll still do well in his life. All I asked is if anyone has children with ADHD who have gotten into the AAP  program, whether my child also has a chance. Lets not make this a discussion of whether gifted disabled children should be banished elsewhere.[/quote]

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