[Oz-gifted] Straight out gifted

[Shaun Hately]

On 21 Mar 2006 at 10:27, Marilyn Macarthur-King wrote:

> Does anyone know of a just-gifted individual? Without
> any of the above? And if they do, are these
> just-gifted people really just-gifted or are they more
> clever at hiding their idiosyncrasies or the observers
> less able/not aware enough to notice them? Or their
> 'specks' don't clash with schools' or society's
> expectations??

Actually, I'd say that I was one of those. No ADD, no ADHD, no 
unusual sensitivities - apparently I do have a very mild auditory 
processing disorder but it was so mild nobody ever picked it up 
while I was a child despite very extensive testing that would 
normally have exposed such a thing - and it certainly didn't cause 
me any real problems.

I had problems as a child certainly - but they came from my 
giftedness and the difficulty in finding an appropriate educational 
environment to deal with the issues that raised, accompanied by 
abuse at the hands of other children that was inadequately dealt 
with - at least to begin with.

Yours Without Wax, Dreadnought
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