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Article: The participation of gifted students with disabilities in gifted programs.
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- Roeper Review
- Article date:
- May 1, 1998
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Gifted students with all types of disabilities are an often overlooked segment of the gifted population. Before the 1970's, little mention was made of students who are both gifted and disabled. Until that time, most educators believed the two exceptionalities to be mutually exclusive (Blancher-Dixon & Turnbull, 1978). In the 1970's, education for gifted students with disabilities became recognized as a need at the same time that education of gifted students in general was receiving more financial support and publicity. Unfortunately, this trend did not continue in the 1980's, as funding was eliminated or drastically reduced for all types of gifted programs. Unfavorable ...