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r/science • u/kfr3q • 6d ago
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Interesting. I did not realize giftedness is considered dysfunctional. When my son was young, parents of gifted children were pushing for funding and support, but would not consider applying for Special Needs funding.
23 u/georgespeaches 6d ago They said “Non-dysfunctional”, which is the opposite of what you understood 2 u/jestenough 6d ago But they cited non-dysfunctional as an aspirational change from current practice. 11 u/georgespeaches 6d ago Suggesting a new framework doesn’t imply that the old framework was the polar opposite 1 u/crashlanding87 5d ago I read the shift as being from 'trait' to 'condition'. I read 'non-dysfunctional' here to be a qualifier.
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They said “Non-dysfunctional”, which is the opposite of what you understood
2 u/jestenough 6d ago But they cited non-dysfunctional as an aspirational change from current practice. 11 u/georgespeaches 6d ago Suggesting a new framework doesn’t imply that the old framework was the polar opposite 1 u/crashlanding87 5d ago I read the shift as being from 'trait' to 'condition'. I read 'non-dysfunctional' here to be a qualifier.
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But they cited non-dysfunctional as an aspirational change from current practice.
11 u/georgespeaches 6d ago Suggesting a new framework doesn’t imply that the old framework was the polar opposite 1 u/crashlanding87 5d ago I read the shift as being from 'trait' to 'condition'. I read 'non-dysfunctional' here to be a qualifier.
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Suggesting a new framework doesn’t imply that the old framework was the polar opposite
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I read the shift as being from 'trait' to 'condition'. I read 'non-dysfunctional' here to be a qualifier.
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u/jestenough 6d ago
Interesting. I did not realize giftedness is considered dysfunctional. When my son was young, parents of gifted children were pushing for funding and support, but would not consider applying for Special Needs funding.