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Experts call students like Elliott “twice exceptional,” a term used to refer to children who are gifted in some areas, but also experience a learning or developmental challenge.

She is considered “twice exceptional,” in that she has a severe emotional disability but is also advanced academically.

“Twice exceptional … half functional the father catches himself thinking in the weeks that follow as he watches the boy put his clothes on backward, shrug on his backpack before his coat.”

As child psychologists who work with students with autism and other neurodevelopmental differences, we have seen firsthand how crucial it is to provide a separate learning environment for “twice exceptional” students.

This sense of alienation can be especially acute in the cases of so-called twice exceptional kids: children with the characteristics of gifted students who also show evidence of learning disability.