Not like everyone else

By Robin Finn
Updated July 19 2015 - 9:23pm, first published 8:30pm
"Twice-exceptional" refers to children with advanced cognitive abilities (gifted) and significant learning or social-emotional deficits, such as ADHD, Asperger's syndrome or autism spectrum disorder.
"Twice-exceptional" refers to children with advanced cognitive abilities (gifted) and significant learning or social-emotional deficits, such as ADHD, Asperger's syndrome or autism spectrum disorder.

My 12-year-old son looked me in the eye and said, "I'm sorry, Mum." He told me how badly he felt for overreacting - monopolising the office staff, smacking his Rubik's Cube against the floor, making the school counsellor call me to pick him up because of a headache.

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