developmental and intellectual ability Articles
From the Publishers of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 by 76Trombones
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COLLEGES WITH GOOD LD PROGRAMS. A 2010 article from the Huffington Post, newly discovered on our computer, profiles 11 universities that go out of their way to support students with LDs. Find the profiles. THE CAUSES OF AUTISM aren't simple, says an article by a pediatrician who ... Read more
From the Publishers of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
Thursday, August 4th, 2011 by 76Trombones
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2e STORY. As an 11-year-old, broadcaster and author Nelson Lauver was evaluated by the family doctor, who concluded that Lauver "had limited intelligence and lacked serious motivation," according to an article at PennLive.com. Social promotions kept him going from grade... Read more
From the Publishers of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
Monday, August 1st, 2011 by 76Trombones
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ADHD A SUPERPOWER Smart Money Magazine profiles a few small-business owners who attribute some of their success to the traits of ADHD -- energy, and the ability to creatively think outside the box, for example. The article also explores ways the entrepreneurs have found to cope w... Read more
From the Publishers of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
Thursday, July 28th, 2011 by 76Trombones
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ADHD PARENTING TOLL. The site LiveScience has posted an article about the toll paid by parents of children with ADHD. The particular young person profiled is gifted, and the article quotes the mother as saying, "He has a really high IQ and he's really gifted, and he comes ho... Read more
From the Publishers of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
Monday, July 25th, 2011 by 76Trombones
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ANOTHER ADHD DANGER. With our kids in the car one day, we almost ran over a boy whose family we knew to be a hotbed of ADHD; the boy, on his bicycle, simply rode into the street to cross it without looking for traffic -- or else seriously misjudged traffic. Had we not braked quic... Read more
From the Publishers of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
Thursday, July 21st, 2011 by 76Trombones
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SENG GIFT. In honor of National Parenting Gifted Children Week this week, SENG has released a free e-book called The Joy and the Challenge Parenting Gifted Children. Among the authors of the various sections of the book you'll find some familiar to readers of 2e Twice-Exceptional... Read more
From the Publishers of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 by 76Trombones
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RED FLAG. Adolescent rats given Ritalin and Prozac together may undergo brain changes that make them, as adults, "more sensitive to reward as well as to stress, and more likely to exhibit the pessimism and hopelessness seen indepression." This according to a rat-based s... Read more
From the Publishers of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
Friday, July 15th, 2011 by 76Trombones
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PREPARING FOR COLLEGE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY is the title of a guest blog recently at the Washington Post's "Campus Overload" feature.A young woman who recently earned an associate's degree from Landmark College, a school that focuses on students with LDs, offered a... Read more
From the Publishers of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 by 76Trombones
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COLLEGE ON THE SPECTRUM is the title of a presentation by a recent graduate of Seton Hall University. In an article in the Orlando Sentinel, the graduate described some of his tactics for getting through college, such as distributing cards to professors on the first days of class... Read more
From the Publishers of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
Saturday, July 9th, 2011 by 76Trombones
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ACCEPTING AUTISM. A Maryland mother writes in the Washington Times about how she came to understand what it was like to have a child with autism and how she accepts it. Now, she writes, "It is hard to imagine Jack without autism. If he were typical, would he still be so gent... Read more
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