Twice exceptional

me today.

We are going to talk about twice exceptional individuals, twice exceptionality, or 2E, which has kind of been a buzzword more recently.

Can you tell me what does twice exceptional mean?

So twice exceptionality is a phenomenon where someone has a gifted level IQ and a second learning difference that is most likely a neurodivergence.

Same.

Yep.

How would one be identified as 2E?

Well, so this is a really interesting thing.

Today on the podcast, we're actually going to talk about 2E or twice exceptional, what that profile is, how you can start to understand what it means for everyday life, and how you can start to better clarify if your child may fit this 2E presentation.

I'm so excited to have a guest on the podcast today.

It's been a while since we've had a guest, but I connected with Dr. Megan Hellman actually through a continuing ed training, and we just realized we had so many similarities in how we think and approach working with autistic individuals.

Dr. Hellman is a pediatric neuropsychologist and really specializes in working with these 2E presentations.

Welcome to a parenting space actually designed for you, where you can get answers about navigating a life that includes autism.

I'm Dr. Tay, a licensed child psychologist and parental coach specializing in neurodivergent affirming care.

Absolutely.

So the large majority of the listeners are parents of autistic kids or they suspect autism.

Thanks so much for joining us.

I'm really excited to chat with you and talk all things 2E and share everything our community can know and wants to know about Young Scholars Academy and the incredible work that you're doing.

So...

Really excited for having you on.

Sam and I are great friends.

We go back a lot of years, and...

He has done incredible work in the 2E community and beyond the 2E, the neurodivergent community.

And I always refer to him as our expert in 2E.