Last time I spoke with DS8's principal - who to this day refuses to utter the word "gifted" - he commented on what a great sense of humor DS has, and that he has seen instances in which an adult will crack a joke to another adult and he can see DS react, whereas the rest of the kids have no clue what's going on.

So I printed off lists of gifted characteristics from 4 different sources, highlighted the "sophisticated humor" lines, and mailed it to him with a letter suggesting that he might recognize these traits in DS and some of his peers.

He has never acknowledged it.