Brian E. Young (he/him) šWe're you considered a "gifted" kid?
Ken Applebaum@sketchee YUPPPP. And nothing kills any joy or impetus to continue than being told you've won the race when you've barely cleared the starting line. Bane of my fucking existence.
Lipk@sketchee No, I was considered smart though and I tested gifted level later (part of a battery of tests when burnout wouldn't clear). Got an ADHD diagnosis later (wasn't part of the earlier tests)
@sketchee okay I checked the diagram. I do hit just about all of the ADHD & gifted& overlap items. I hit some of the autism items as well
JadeRobin@sketchee It's too early in the year to be called out this hard. I hit most red and blue circle items. Never gotten diagnosed, but have strongly suspected being in the blue circle for a long time now.
Wendy Nather
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andreasdotorg@sketchee This Venn diagram should be a circle.
Mechele G@sketchee This explains so much. Iām not sure how I feel about that.
BrainPilgrim@sketchee The Hat Trick! Yes, indeed.
sitnuokI was smarter that the avg bear in my HS class.
BUT I was lazy, unmotivated and didnāt see the bigger picture until later.
Glyph
Syd
Vent@sketchee not classed as "gifted" but did get an ADHD diagnosis at an early age, I check out for almost all the blue marks, some of the red and a few of the yellow.
David Zappelli@sketchee wowā¦ I just read some stuff on giftedness, and I can comprehend and identify with a lot of thisā¦ although Iām not diagnosed.
Iām also LGBTQ, and attribute some things to that, butā¦?
I see lots of shows, documentaries, articles about autism and ADHD, and itās fascinating and touching, though not me.
My education included sociology, anthropology, and culinary arts, but Iāve indeed been all over the place, either deeply fascinated, bored, frustratedā¦ and so on.
Iām also LGBTQ, and attribute some things to that, butā¦?
I see lots of shows, documentaries, articles about autism and ADHD, and itās fascinating and touching, though not me.
My education included sociology, anthropology, and culinary arts, but Iāve indeed been all over the place, either deeply fascinated, bored, frustratedā¦ and so on.
@sketchee maybe I should read more. Any suggestions, send it my way.
@djzap
We'll the original author of this graphic mentioned in her in her replies that the overlap is what is in common. So one could have a gifted traits alone even if some of those are in the overlap.
I found this after a friend who used to be a teacher told me that they were taught that gifted is a form of neurodivergence and special needs. Then I was like "oh..? I was part of that program tho?"
@sketchee Popped away to study and it seems giftedness can be considered a part of the neurodivergence spectrum?
It makes so much sense to me. We recognize prodigies but this description is not one we even acknowledge in Western society.
I fear I know why.
BuckWoodyMSFT@sketchee Nope. Kids were just kids when I was a kid. We got letter grades that showed your school scores and that was that.
witch hat hacker 
@sketchee i'm not sure "giftedness" is a thing tbh. like there aren't really aspects of "giftedness" that aren't explained by autism and adhd