• howrar
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    Normalize calling gifted programs “special needs”.

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      I could’ve been in the gifted program. However, I was considered to removed to be a part of it. (My words) I have dyslexia and speech problems so I ended up appearing worse academically than I was. I can read no problem and was reading from a young age. I just couldn’t explain what I was reading verbally.

      We need to rethink the classroom so that people from all backgrounds succeed. Often neurodivergent people are the ones who can excel.

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        Because that’s what they are. They’re for students that have different educational needs from the majority.

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          that makes no sense because even the majority contains students with individual needs. universal design over segregating based on perceived ability

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            There’s lots of variation in body sizes of people who wear medium size shirts. Why do we bother having large and small when they don’t perfectly account for every difference?

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                Ah, I’ve heard of the concept but not the term. How would that look in the context of education?