We have test results that confirm the giftedness and still wonder if our child is really gifted most of the time. The slow processing speed, deriving weird answers to ordinary questions due to unusual thinking processes, illogical fears etc makes us wonder if our child is gifted or if the tester made a mistake with the results.
And then suddenly, there is a spark of brilliance which again convinces us that there should be giftedness behind it - that and the ability to imbibe vast amounts of knowledge in a short period of time and the ability to do certain things that are too advanced for a typical child of similar age.
I feel this way but also feel that I don't even know what "typical" is since both of my kids seem to have similar ability levels. There are a few areas where the other "e's" (2e) really come out with both of them.
DS comes across as delayed in some areas and very advanced in other areas and this difference is VERY obvious. He could probably be the poster child for 2e.
DD does not come across as obviously gifted, she comes across as average because the giftedness masks the disability and vice versa (the giftedness was more obvious when she was younger) but there are those moments where she can run circles around even me, like solving spatial puzzles or navigating a computer. Of she will say something that sounds very articulate or insightful for her age. I was not expecting her PRI score on the WISC to be 147 and often wonder if there could have been an error.
