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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 did when I was in high school. They said it's not so much the high IQ but the fact that I had a large deficit between my verbal and non-verbal IQ scores. I scored 97 on verbal and 127 on non-verbal which is a greater than usual difference. I got diagnosed with ADHD, expressive language disorder, sensory defensiveness, and enough additional symptoms listed to diagnose autism but this was when they thought you could only have ADHD or Autism, not both. 

    Vocational rehabilitation services paid for my entire college because of the 2E thing but only in a field suited for my strengths. 

    I usually tell people about both at the same time so they understand I'm capable and dumb, depending on what tasks they are expecting me to accomplish. 

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  • I did when I was in high school. They said it's not so much the high IQ but the fact that I had a large deficit between my verbal and non-verbal IQ scores. I scored 97 on verbal and 127 on non-verbal which is a greater than usual difference. I got diagnosed with ADHD, expressive language disorder, sensory defensiveness, and enough additional symptoms listed to diagnose autism but this was when they thought you could only have ADHD or Autism, not both. 

    Vocational rehabilitation services paid for my entire college because of the 2E thing but only in a field suited for my strengths. 

    I usually tell people about both at the same time so they understand I'm capable and dumb, depending on what tasks they are expecting me to accomplish. 

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