Disabilities and Gifted Education

The potential for giftedness exists among all racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic groups and for all groups of students with disabilities. Yet, gifted students with disabilities remain underidentified, underrepresented, and underserved in gifted programs. This article addresses problems in identifying gifted students with disabilities, barriers that hinder identification, and prevalence. It also highlights the characteristics of gifted students with mild disabilities, stresses the importance of research for looking at a wider range of these students, and provides insight into educational programming for twice-exceptional learners.