Dr. Gatto-Walden spoke first, and though I already knew the substance of her talk, the particular words hit. Hard. “A highly gifted child who is five years old talks like a nine-year-old child, asks questions like a nine-year-old child. A profoundly gifted child [that’s someone with an IQ of 145 or higher . . . which includes me] talks and wonders like a thirteen-year-old.” By definition, we are asynchronous in our development. We are, I’ve often said, like Swiss cheese. Strong in some ways with holes in others.
