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Want fries with that? A few weeks back, I wrote about the temptations of graduate school for adults with learning disabilities — particularly those of us who are “twice-exceptional”. If you’re great at a certain subject, if you enjoy it, if you get validation from your professors in that area, why not consider a PhD [...] Yesterday at <a href=”http://www.wellorderedchaos.addaptabilities.com/?p=318″>Well-Ordered Chaos</a> I blogged about heading out the door, needing to catch a train, and realizing literally at the last minute that I needed to set out donations for a pick-up. Even though I was successful — I set everything out, taped signs to it, and even made my train — I [...] OR, “My Mommy Says I’m Special!” At the moment I’m taking a break from filling out a quantitative survey on development in twice-exceptional adults. Twice-exceptional, or 2e, refers to people who are diagnosed with both giftedness and LD. It’s kind of a weird label for kind of a weird condition. As you might have guessed, [...] That is the question, isn’t it.* Focus is a commonly misunderstood aspect of ADD. Anyone with ADD can tell you of the many many times they’ve been told, “but you can’t have ADD! I’ve seen you play video games for hours without getting bored!” Folks with ADD know that that their inability to pay [...] |
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