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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My ADHD/autistic son was an early reader and always scored in the 99th percentile in verbal reasoning on his WISC evaluations, etc. He was diagnosed with a math disability (dyscalculia), which we bolstered with tutoring.

He just read a lot, and I made sure that his reading list included a lot of classics. Now in college in a humanities major and doing well.

It's nice that your son is gifted in this department, but if I were you, I would pay attention to the things he's NOT good at... otherwise it's going to cause problems later.
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Me again.

My son attended a well-regarded public school that had a Gifted, Talented and Learning Disabled program, where he received accommodations for his inattention, etc, and was able to take all the APs he wanted with a case manager supervising his progress. One of them was AP Latin, which was great for him, given his love of history, Roman times and general literary interests. Since we are French, he also went to a weekend French school, and read French classics.

As you know, there is no school that caters to gifted kids. You just pick the most rigorous school you can find, and cobble together an enrichment program yourself.

For the topics that he's not interested in... you need to keep an eye on them, especially if you have specific college ambitions for him, because these days admissions are cutthroat and kids can't get into any selective university unless they show they are very functional on all fronts.

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