Sometimes my DS9 is so hard to understand. I like imagining that there is an "expert" "somewhere" who can explain him to everybody, including himself, and they he'll be, well not normal, but treated normally for himself. From our school's perspective he shoud be getting all A+ based on his IQ and Achievment Tests. But he gets Bs and A-s, Is he "2E" with a processing problem or ADHD - or is he showing similar behaviors due to "lack of fit" in the classroom? Does he have problems with "Executive function" or is he just a normal 9 year old boy?
Are his difficulties due to my lack of experience as a parent? My character defects? My unidentified giftedness? My unidentified "2Eness?"Are my expectations too high? Is this part of my own perfectionism? Am I creating these problems? What about my husband's concerns?
Then I go to Hogie's Page are read
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/13_days.htm and have tears in my eyes.
Does that help?
