Originally Posted by Grinity
My guess is that you think of her ADHD as mild. It is probably severe but she is compensating with her GAI strength. She probably also doesn't get much recognition for her giftedness at school and is treated as mildly gifted if at all but you see a kid with very advanced thinking skills partticularly abstract reasoning and big picture vision...2 qualities that are totally off the radar in most elementary schools.
Is that my dd you are describing as well -- lol?!

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