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How to navigate the disconnect between abilities and disabilities

I have been called gifted my whole life but I cannot tie my shoes consistently and people think I am lazy or faking it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Exceptional capacity in some areas creates expectations that obscure genuine limitations in others.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Autism spectrum — lived experience?”

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