Twice as weirdcore

When Peter Flom was five years old his parents were told that he had minimal brain dysfunction and would never go to college Peter skipped twelfth grade did college in three years and got his BA at twenty He now has a Ph. Twice as weirdkos D He also has a new Twice Exceptional 2E He has nonverbal learning disabilities but is also gifted In Twice as A Memoir about Twice Exceptionality he tells what it was like to grow up with a diagnosis that didn t exist yet and to discover what he was Twice as Weird A Memoir about Twice ExceptionalityA searing powerful thought provoking and often funny memoir by a smart and generous man I m proud to call a friend A story of growing up with an at the time unrecognized learning disability a super successful father a difficult mother who at the same time founded a school for you and getting through childhood and figuring out a path in life personally and professionally Hopefully today s 2e kids will have it a little easier But it s always likely to be a little harder for those not neurotypical or not typical to those within plus or minus one standard deviation of the many means we have I hope this book gets all the success it deserves Peter Flom