This is why our kids need really good GT specialists. This is outside the norm of the overall students. Would a teacher tell a special ed students's parents that their children will "level off"?
Yes, sadly, all the time! Despite the opinion of numerous "experts", the development of individuals with Down syndrome does not reach a 'ceiling' or 'plateau' in adolescence. Like everyone else, they continue to learn into adult life and to grow as people, if given the opportunity to do so. The so-called 'ceiling' discussed in past literature was almost certainly the result of the lack of medical care and educational and social experience.
