TIL: Being intellectually gifted is a spectrum of neurodivergence and does not automatically mean the person is/will be a genius in anything - eviltoast

Other points:

  • it’s not mutually exclusive with any other neurodivergence, in which case they’re “twice exceptional”;
  • In an environment with unprepared people and professionals, they may be wrongly diagnosed as having some other neurodivergence.
  • It’s not just a high IQ score;
  • Gifted kids can be problem students and have low grades;
  • Homework feels like torture (this is true to any child, tho);
  • They’re very likely to question authorities and point out perceived hypocrisy (emphasis here on perceived, because pointing something and being right are different things);
  • As kids, they may have weird quirks for executing tasks, such as wanting to hold pencils the “wrong” way, or wanting to press against a wall to do homework;

If you’re Brazilian or can understand Brazilian Portuguese, this is the podcast I listened to - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apnuIIePeeA

Aos brasileiros que acabarem encontrando esse post, o podcast que assisti é o que linkei acima

  • I Cast Fist@programming.devOP
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    2 months ago

    My dude, at no point I explicitly or implicitly tried to equate being skilled with being gifted or talented, nor that being gifted has anything to do with religion or god. I didn’t choose the term that the english language uses for this.

    I won’t bother with you anymore because it’s clear you don’t want to talk in good faith, at least not here

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      2 months ago

      Careful now, “good faith” is religiously charged and implies that God is the source of all good intent, you’re gonna set this person off with that.

      (/s hopefully obviously)