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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s unintelligent parents who can’t cope with the idea that they have average kids and scramble to secure any advantage possible. The vast majority of these accommodations are utter BS.[/quote]

Are you saying being gifted while needing accommodations for ADHD, high functioning autism, or learning disabilities like dysgraphia are not real?

As a mother of an 8 year old with a 147 IQ and an ADHD Hyperactive diagnosis (we learned about both from his neuropsychological evaluation). He had already tested into our city's Gifted and Talented program (99th percentile on the test with no prep) When we learned from his teachers that he could not sit still, stop interrupting, or swinging his arms and spinning. his teachers said basically all they could legally say without begging us to get him checked out. I'm so glad we got a diagnosis. He has an IEP now and qualifies.for mandated counseling and OT services. It may be Be to you but the services allow him to be in a classroom while getting appropriate instruction with other bright kids. He is learning the appropriate says to get his energy out without hurting other kids (e.g., taking movement breaks or using Theravada in the room instead of otherwise stimming). He clearly needs challenging schoolwork, particularly in math  (he recently took the SCAT, again without prep, and he scored in the 73rd percentile), so having him in a G&T program while still supporting his challenges has been very important. I am also glad his teachers, counselors, OT therapist and school administrators do not think accommodations for 2e children are BS.[/quote]

Your kid is gifted with ADHD. That's not the same as a learning disability. [/quote]

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