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> Both my sons are Twice Exceptional I've never heard of this before -- what does it mean?
by sdrothrock 8y ago
> Both my sons are Twice Exceptional
I've never heard of this before -- what does it mean?
- DoreenMichele 8y agoGifted plus special needs. Often described as "gifted and learning disabled," but it's really a gifted child with any disability. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twice_exceptional https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twice_exceptional
- sdrothrock 8y agoThank you! It says that it came around in the mid 90s, which would have been when I was in elementary school, but I've never heard of the term despite fitting in the group. I wonder if it was related to a certain set of schools/philosophies.
- DoreenMichele 8y agoI learned the term because I was homeschooling and active in the oldest online gifted community. I kind of was rubbing elbows with some of the luminaries in gifted education circles. So I was kind of in on the ground floor. I believe public schools were much slower to adopt such concepts.
- sdrothrock 8y agoThat makes a lot of sense! Thank you. Do you know if it is (yet/still?) in use in public school systems in the US?
- DoreenMichele 8y agoNo clue. My youngest is 29 and I have no grandchildren, so I have no current involvement with the school system.
- eh78ssxv2f 8y agoYes, I heard 2E being recently mentioned in a public elementary school. So, it seems it's still in use.
- Simon_says 8y agoA nice way of saying two disabilities.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoThat's not what it means.