Giftedness and Learning Disabilities
Let's agree that learning disabilities (LD) is an "umbrella" term that encompasses disorders in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and mathematics. And let's also agree that individuals with LD have unique learning profiles, meaning that they struggle in some areas of skill devel...
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Twice-Exceptional Me
I am an academically gifted student who has struggled with learning disabilities (LDs) all my life even though I wasn’t officially diagnosed until 2005. Since I began to talk, people remarked on my intelligence. Yet when I learned to write my name, I wrote a mirror image. I was nea...
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Exceptional Children: Navigating LD and Special Education
Creating safe, stable, and nurturing opportunities for children to learn is a gargantuan task, and the list of potential — and in some cases, essential — ingredients that contribute to children's educational well-being is virtually endless. Attending to these needs can be especia...
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My child is struggling 
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