Intellectual giftedness is an intellectual ability significantly higher than average. It is a characteristic of children, variously defined, that motivates differences in school programming. It is ...

Though not often recognized as "special needs" students, gifted children require just as much attention and educational resources to thrive in school as do other students whose physical, behavioral, ...

Can autism occur in gifted children? Of course! So, the fact that I am even writing this post might seem ridiculous to anyone who has watched prime-time television in the last decade, where autistic ...

The Mensa Foundation — the philanthropic arm of Mensa, the high-IQ society — recently announced its annual Awards for Excellence in Research for outstanding research on intelligence, intellectual ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American On August 23, 2016, Farrah Alexander, a ...

“Sharon, you’re smart, you’re nice, and you’re good at sports. You’re going to have a great life,” a friend told me during PE class at Gunn High School. She touched me by recognizing my attributes, ...