Aufilia - we've got a similar situation. My 2e pg ds8 was born with with special needs - including severe sensory processing, hypotonia, dyspraxia, and gross/ fine/ speech/ visual deficits. And yet, at the same time, ds was a very alert baby with a head on a swivel sucking everything in.
IF parents or professionals just focus on those motor/speech skills then a child like Helen Keller would never be identified as gifted. And I could list many, many others who would fit into this category. Herein lies the problem for 2e parents.
Super advanced motor skills in babies may be an indicator of a super high IQ or intelligence, but it's only one indication and doesn't seem to apply to some 2e kids. This can become a huge problem for 2e parents because their kids have delays and/or deficits and yet their brains/bodies seem to compensate or overcompensate for these delays and deficits in spectacular ways.
Please let's not forget the number of 2e parents who do not fit into this category and still have children who are gifted but with special needs.
