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When Multiple Exceptionalities Confuse Educational Placement

My son is profoundly gifted but has autism and the school cannot decide if he belongs in special education or gifted education so he sits in regular classes dying of boredom.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Simultaneous gifts and challenges create categorical confusion that serves no one.

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“Where Are You with Gifted education and its discontents?”

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