geographile<p>I have a kid who is <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gifted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gifted</span></a>, but has <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dysgraphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysgraphia</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dyscalculia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dyscalculia</span></a> to the point of severe disability in an academic setting. He learns really well, he just can't express himself that way to speak of. I have taken to calling him academically <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> instead of learning disabled, because it works better when I'm talking to him about him, and when I am advocating for him. </p><p>But because I don't have those same disabilities (our <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergence</span></a> overlaps in other ways but not those) I'm wondering how those of you with them feel about it. Does that differentiation make sense to you?</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2e</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/learningdisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learningdisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/learningdisabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learningdisabled</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergent</span></a></p>