Our future is in jeopardy and our gifted children are our best hope for solving the myriad problems humanity faces. Within the gifted world is a large population of children whose giftedness remains unrecognized and undeveloped because they are also diagnosed with one or more developmental or learning disorders. These children are known as Twice Exceptional (or 2e)individuals who are gifted and also have a physical or mental impairment. In some cases, a childs disability masks his giftedness, causing educators and other adults in the childs life to focus on his weaknesses rather than developing his talents. In other cases, a childs giftedness can mask her disability, meaning she wont receive the special education services that could help her manage and possibly overcome her disability. This misperception impacts 2e children because they remain trapped in a never-ending cycle of chasing a diagnosis to explain their weaknesses instead of having the world recognize an
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Bright Not Broken
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Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin earned her PhD in animal science from the University of Illinois and is currently a professor at Colorado State University. She is one of the world’s most accomplished and well-known adults with autism and the author of numerous books, including the bestsellers Thinking in Pictures, Animals in Translation, and Visual Thinking. A past member of the board of directors of the Autism Society of America and a celebrated and effective animal advocate, Grandin spearheaded reform of the quality of life for the world's agricultural animals. She was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of the year and the HBO movie based on her life, starring Claire Danes, received seven Emmy Awards.
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