Originally Posted by Lori H.
I also read that "giftedness masks disabilities and disabilities depress IQ scores."

We experienced this. I wondered if my youngest dd was gifted because she did not demonstrate any of the gifted characteristics that her older sister did in the preschool years. At the age of four we discovered that she had serious vision and hearing problems though everyone assured me that she was a normally developing child. Though I haven't had her tested yet, I am fairly the confident that she will test in the gifted range.