If it's not possible to combine both needs in one document, then I don't see this situation as an OR, but an AND. I'd have one of each. One IEP for the disabilities, one IEP for the giftedness, they're both legal documents and I'd expect them both to be honored.
I doubt my school district would ever agree to that.
Could a motor issue be included as an "other health impairment" in an IEP, even if it isn't a Specific Learning Disability? Just trying to think up anything helpful.
Possibly. I asked them if it would help with IEP eligibility if we got a medical diagnosis, and they said it wouldn't.
However, this whole process has re-motivated me to finish his (and his sister's) DYS application, so I just did that. They're both within 4 points of the DYS cut offs, but he has large discrepancies between his math/reading/writing composites, and she's almost even across the board. So we'll see.
