Another child might be so affected by a piece of music that he won’t be able to focus on anything else the rest of the day. For these “twice exceptional” children, emotional intensity is the evil twin of high intelligence. For these “twice exceptional” children, emotional intensity is the evil twin of high intelligence.
As the parent of both a 2e kid (HG with dyslexia and dysgraphia) and two non-2e gifted kids, this makes me a little uncomfortable. For me twice exceptional should be reserved for gifted with learning disabilities. I've never heard "twice exceptional" used to describe gifted with emotional intensity. My gifted kids who do not have an identified disability are emotionally intense but they are in a whole different realm than my 2e kid.
