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Gifted children with a disability are often missed or misdiagnosed. Their disability may hide their giftedness and their giftedness may hide their disability so that both missed. In addition, characteristics of giftedness that are similar to those of another condition like ADHD can cause gifted children to be misdiagnosed.

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