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2e or not 2e? That is the question

Damojo

Has anyone got a 2e ("twice exceptional") diagnosis? That's a combination of neurodivergence and giftedness. If so, is giftedness the part of your diagnosis that your are most likely or least likely to admit to in public? (Reply, "I like bumble bees," if you are not going to admit to it.) How do you think it has impacted your life?

If you don't relate to giftedness, what is your take on it?

Here's a Venn diagram to get your creative juices flowing.

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  • I'm finding it difficult to envisage when, how and why a clinician would diagnose 'giftedness'. They tend to diagnose problems or conditions that are conventionally interpreted as problematic (autism, ADHD, bipolar, dyspraxia etc.). I would have thought that giftedness would not be a problem and that it would be obvious to a layman and not need a clinician to point it out.

  • in reply to Martin

    Was an IQ test part of your diagnostic assessment? They would probably administer one to determine if you had a "disorder of intellectual development" (as the ICD-11 calls it in their ASD section). If the results were significantly higher than the average (IQ 130+, 98th percentile) you'd, in American parlance, be termed "gifted" (I think they might call it "superior intelligence" on this side of the pond, which is a bit of a loaded term). So maybe "point out" might be a better word than "diagnose" here.

  • in reply to Damojo

    Ah IQ 130+, so that’s why I had no idea what you were talking about despite being from America. Joy

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