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My biggest area of expertise is in autistic and other developmentally disabled gifted kids (especially creatively gifted disabled kids). I can also answer questions about gifted/talented children in general. I can't answer questions about legal issues and such (eg fighting the education system), but I can answer questions about what it's like for the child and so on. I'm better at dealing with questions about school-aged children than preschoolers.
I am a highly creative autistic person with a tested IQ in the gifted range. I've also read a lot about gifted kids.
Just high school. I'm a first-year student at university.
I don't think you can split up gifted/LD or gifted/autistic kids into the 'gifted' part and the 'disabled' part. It's all part of the same package. For example, the same trait that makes me disorganized (to the point of significant impairment) also makes me highly creative.
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I'll deal with each question one by one: First question: Yes, your son is gifted, probably fairly highly gifted. Second question: The absolute ideal would be for him to be taught the material in
I don't know anything about scholarships, but I do know that homeschooled students don't have to be socially isolated. There are many extracurricular activities that you can enroll a school-aged child
From what I understand, the CogAT tests reasoning skills while the ITBS tests academic achievement. While these are usually highly correlated, a specific learning disability can cause a child with good
That is a concern. You might want to get an assessment to see if you need some sort of help in math. Typically, they consider someone learning disabled if they are at least two years behind in an academic
You certainly sound gifted. My guess is that you might be gifted and learning disabled, depending on precisely how poor your math is. If so, this will show up on testing as subtest scatter, and professionals

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