Just one quick consolidation in case anyone doesn't want to read my whole longer rambling post!
Basically, would it be a problem for a 2e person to never know that s/he was gifted or LD? Would s/he know the difference?
In my DD8.5's case... she would know the difference. She needs to understand why she thinks differently than others and why she struggles more than others. Putting a name to it and defining it makes her feel more 'normal' in that if it can be defined than other people must have it too. She has a need to make sense of all things, including herself. Her ADD covers a lot of her GT abilities, so she often feels stupid (her own words) because she can't show others what she knows. In her own words, again, she's a hammer without a handle.
