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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

    No, there was no IQ test, if a person were considered by clinicians to present as being of average or above intelligence, no IQ test would be offered in an assessment for autism in the UK. Intelligence is not part of the criteria for autism as such and anyone with problems such as intellectual disability would most probably have had these flagged before autism was considered. I had a PhD in molecular biology when I was assessed, so my level of intelligence was not really in any doubt.

  • in reply to Damojo

    I have never behaved in a superior manner, though I was known as 'The Prof' to some of my classmates. Whatever my inner levels of anxiety and social aversion, I always come across as easygoing and calm, so I never was abused for my intelligence. I did suffer a little for my lack of abilities at, and zero interest in, sports, however.

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  • in reply to Damojo

    I have never behaved in a superior manner, though I was known as 'The Prof' to some of my classmates. Whatever my inner levels of anxiety and social aversion, I always come across as easygoing and calm, so I never was abused for my intelligence. I did suffer a little for my lack of abilities at, and zero interest in, sports, however.

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