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Learning Disabilities Definition

I spend a few hours this afternoon struggling to finish an article about learning disabilities — definitions, terminology, testing, all that fun stuff.  You can check it out here.

What is it with ADD and perfectionism anyway?

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 [...]

“Twice Exceptional”

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, [...]

Focus or Hyperfocus?

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 [...]