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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD has multiple medical and learning disabilities including [b]very slow processing speed, receptive and expressive language disorders [/b]and moderate hearing loss.  She also has a [b]high IQ [/b]and worked extremely hard in school to get a high GPA in honors an AP classes, but always had a 504 for extra time, because that was the single thing that leveled the playing field for her.  I think everyone should Have extra time, but please don't assume that students who get the accommodation don't need/deserve it.  If you observed how hard my DD works to keep pace, you would have a different view, I think. She used her extra time accommodations on ACT and SAT.  Her good scores were consistent with her abilities and the school she chose has been a really good match, but she still has to work very hard, take a slightly smaller class load in order to keep up and manage her medical conditions.  She receives accommodations at her university and is aiming for a profession that will be a good fit for her strengths.  Accommodations for disabilities were made for students like my DD.  I know that there have been abuses, but the remedy is not to question their use when fully warranted.[/quote]

i mean kudos to your daughter for working hard, but how is this even possible? what does it mean to have a high IQ if your processing speed is very low?[/quote]

you don't understand that going fast does not mean you are smart?

http://everyday-learning.org/fast-but-slow-processing-speed-and-the-gifted-child/[/quote]

it was a rhetorical question. every common sense of intelligence requires that a person thinks quickly. it's to all there is, but it's an important part. this is just another example of concepts being twister beyond recognition so that everybody feels smart or whatever.[/quote]
Speed is not a significantly g-loaded measure.

Slow processing speed seems fairly common in the (intellectually) gifted crowd, so common that there's a shorthand for twice-exceptional, 2e.

Imagine if the ACT or SAT was at a 5th grade level.  Should the 11th graders who complete it fastest and most accurate be deemed the most able?
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the correlation between processing speed and IQ is high, over .80.[/quote]

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