Gifted AND: A Story about Twice-Exceptionality
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 เม.ย. 2020
- Colin Seale, of Think Law, describes his experience as a gifted child with undiagnosed ADHD in this Embracing Intensity Podcast short animation about his twice exceptional, or 2E, experience.
Find the full interview on Embracing Intensity Podcast episode 167: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills to All Students with Colin Seale
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Very well said. I am just becoming aware of how much this has had an Impact on my life at age 31. It remains a struggle today in graduate school and adult life. I hope that further awareness and appropriate action is taken to nurture these beautiful minds.
I'm finding more and more that while there is not enough information out there on twice-exceptionality in kids, there's almost none out there for adults! Starting to address that by sharing their stories.
auroraremember that is a great point. Maybe I will share my experiences too.
I could pretty much cut and paste this comment and repost it! I understand and I sympathize.
@@wastedyouth5855 I could pretty much cut and paste your original comment and repost it! I understand and I sympathize.
Great video. Thank you. I just got diagnosed with AD(h)D (predominantly inattentive) at 46 years of age. The evaluation included a giftedness assessment and confirmed that I am indeed intellectually gifted. So I am just learning about Twice-Exceptionality and it is a true revelation. I'm working through some feelings of regret, disappointment, anger, grief... but mostly I feel incredibly hopeful. So thank you for creating this content and if you are looking for people to collaborate with in creating some more, just hit me up, I would be very interested!
Thank you! I have some more fantastic stories to share from the podcast, mostly I'm having trouble prioritizing my time with quarantine schedules throwing me off! I know the feeling of regret and grief, I was fortunate to at least understand some of my challenges when I first dropped out of college, but I wonder how my early school experiences would have been if I'd understood then!
auroraremember Yeah covid has upended many of our lives... good luck with everything!
I was diagnosed as a toddler (mid 90s), with an Autism Spectrum Disorder that was then known as PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified). However, my parents felt that another Autism Spectrum diagnosis that was then known as Asperger Syndrome, better fit my circumstances. I never had any notable delay in or difficulty with verbal communication or cognitive skills (both of these were requirements for an Asperger Syndrome diagnosis, and I actually started talking earlier than most children would). If I were to be evaluated now, I would probably be diagnosed with level 1 Autism, if that. I am not sure exactly what my IQ is, but I have been told that I have good memory, learned to read early, learned my colors early, and learned my flowers and other plants at a very young age (my parents owned a greenhouse business when I was growing up, so that is probably part of it).
I would recommend that schools set aside funding for twice exceptional education, or at least work it in so that twice exceptional students can be enrolled in more advanced classes with supports and/or accommodations. Or they could work it out so that they can incorporate more advanced material into their special education classes. When I was in school, I was constantly told that I needed to focus, even though I knew that I needed to be constantly moving around, or have something to occupy my mind and body in order to stay engaged. I also sometimes felt badly that I did not complete a homework assignment, because I was struggling to understand the material, or had trouble understanding the way something was worded. I also often felt so mentally drained after getting off of the school bus at my stop, and felt like I needed a mental break. If we place twice exceptional students in regular gifted classes (or even in mainstream classes, in some cases), they might wind up with teachers who are ill equipped to handle their disabilities, or they might be viewed as lazy or intentionally underachieving. On the other hand, if a twice exceptional student is placed in standard special education classes (or even in mainstream classes, in some cases), they might not feel challenged enough, and might act out or become disengaged.
That is exactly the dilemma isn't it? No one knew what twice exceptionality was when I was growing up. There's some awareness now, but not nearly enough!
@@EmbracingIntensity well, I mostly went to school in the 2000s (graduated high school in 2011).
I agree I was diagnosed with Autism when I was 16 (2014) and I had no communication issues( apart from not interacting when I first meet people) and was an early talker and by the time I turned 2 I could say simple sentences fluently and I could read and I knew my numbers, colours and alphabet and shapes and even in school I was advanced like when I was 7 my reading age was 9 and years and 6 months and my spelling age was 10 years and 6 months, and I was also high achieving in maths and science and in primary school I was on the top table when doing classwork . But my high school didn't have awareness of twice exceptional, so I was placed in low sets for everything (except science) eventhough I was capable of doing harder work and then because the work was too easy I started to get bored and then my school were complaining that I was being lazy and not putting effort in
@@livsephton9 That's incredibly frustrating! We've made some progress but definitely not enough!
@@livsephton9 The frustrating thing is that so many educators don't understand that basic stuff can be actually more difficult for the 2E brain than things that are more complicated because it doesn't engage the brain.
Ughhh the relatability (except for being placed in GATE). Failing pre-med, the CPA Exam, and suffering through jobs, I thought there was something truly wrong with me, that I was stupid. After getting in MENSA, I began to realize I should probably see a twice exceptional-specialist psychologist.
I'm sorry you had go go through all that! I hope you find some helpful answers!