Are You Twice-Exceptional?

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^ 100% in chem test, you swot I don't think I've seen anyone 100% a test, although I did get 99% in my cycling proficiency when I was 9 (still remember the question I got wrong )

I've spoken to my GF and you appear to be right, I was special in another way. She thinks I'm getting memories mixed up but she said she was told I did see a therapist when I was young (news to me). I once found my mums contraceptive pills and popped them out of the packaging and pushed them into a vent. Apparently I had to see someone about this and the conclusion was I wanted a sibling. I was 4, didn't know what the birds and bees were or what contraception was. So that's what the memory was of.

I used to be fascinated by my mother's box of Tampax tampons when I was that age.
I had no idea what they were but I liked the way they were each wrapped in paper like gifts.
Usually when you buy a box of something they don't secret-wrap each thing inside it.

What does that say about me?

I have no idea if I'm twice-exceptional.

I don't think I've ever been fully IQ tested and there weren't any Gifted programs when I was in primary, so I don't know if I'd be considered "Gifted". I'm successful academically, I'm creative, and I have a neurodivergent brain (synaesthesia, etc.) so I think I might be, but who knows?

In contrast, I have an auditory-visual processing delay on my ASD report. I assume that means some sort of learning disability but it doesn't use the term LD.


My daughter is twice-exceptional. She was ID as Gifted when she was 8 or 9, but she also has Dyscalculia and we think possibly Dyslexia as well. She's HFA and ADHD.

Son 1 was ID Gifted in Kindergarten when they gave him the psychoeducational IQ test for fourth graders. He doesn't have any LD as far as I know. He's undiagnosed but most likely (OK quite certainly) an Aspergers personality and OCD.

Son 2 adopted has many LD. I'm not sure about Giftedness but I wouldn't be surprised if he met the criteria in a few areas, despite the fact teachers always saw him as a failure.

I am in no way gifted.

Things are easy for me most people have trouble with and I have difficulty or can not do things that are routine for most.

Well I have a lot of social skills when it comes to romantic/sexual relationships (I've been in a healthy and successful relationship with an NT man for 9 years), but I seem to be crap at making friends with women.