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[quote=Anonymous]I’m struggling to understand what “gifted” means in this context. Our DD is by all accounts very smart (1590 SAT, 4-5 years above grade level in math and reading, admitted to both humanities and STEM magnet programs, etc) but I’ve never considered her “gifted”. Just a smart, intellectually curious kid. She also has an assortment of “stuff”. At a minimum ADHD, everything else is a little hard to tell if it is part of her ADHD package or if it is ASD and other learning disabilities. Here is the thing, in some respects none of those labels really matter. Is she gifted or is she just smart? It really doesn’t matter because she is on an academic pathway that makes sense for her as an individual. Does she have ADHD or ASD? I also am not entirely sure (we have done several neuropsych evals). But similarly in some respects it really doesn’t matter because she has therapeutic interventions, accommodations, and medications that meet her very specific needs.[/quote]
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