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This is why I think the HG/PG community needs to abandon the word "gifted" and exclusively use the word "asynchronous." Better still, give it a three-letter acronym - "asynchronous development syndrome" = ADS.

Imagine: "My child has ADS. Sure - he has some challenges, but there's a plus side, too. And it's important we all stay focused on that." Now we're talking their language!!
This has my support because being "asynchronous" does not sound like something to be grasped at. There is something about the word "gifted" which causes some people to correlate it with intrinsic worth... inspiring a condition of coveting it... and a sense of status, that more of it must be better.