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SUMMARY:Scientists with twice-exceptionalities
DESCRIPTION:Register online at our Eventrbrite page\nIn partnership with th
 e Disability Advisory Service for Dyslexia Awareness Week\, the Educationa
 l Development Unit is pleased to welcome Dr Susen Smith of the University 
 of New South Wales\, Australia.\nDr Smith’s lecture will be followed by 
 a wine reception.\nThere are many eminent scientists\, but what is not so 
 apparent is that many of them have twice-exceptionalities. Having twice-ex
 ceptionalities means having both advanced learning capacities (or giftedne
 ss) and a disability or learning difficulty collectively. For example\, th
 eoretical physicist Einstein is famous for how brilliant his intellect was
  because his achievements are reflected in his many theories that have inf
 luenced science\, innovation\, and society constructively over the last ce
 ntury. However\, he arguably also had a learning disability and is now tho
 ught to have had high functioning autism.\nMany scientists throughout hist
 ory have contributed significantly to our understandings of the various br
 anches of natural sciences\, while balancing the difficulties of a disabil
 ity. Their contributions have been well documented in their publications\,
  presentations\, the media\, biographical sources\, or on the internet. Th
 is presentation will use multiple sources that relate the individual narra
 tives of selected scientists to explore how they purportedly used their st
 rengths to overcome their difficulties to achieve distinction in their fie
 lds for personal and/or societal gain. Among the exceptional cases examine
 d\, there were many types of disabilities that influenced the scientists
 ’ careers\, for example learning disabilities\, such as dyslexia\, neuro
 developmental disabilities\, such as autism\, and physical disabilities\, 
 such as cerebral palsy. Many factors that seemed to have contributed to th
 ese scientists’ success were strength-based. For example using their int
 rapersonal characteristics\, such as self-motivation and resilience\, or e
 ngaging environmental factors\, such as parental support and educational e
 ncouragement\, or having access to learning strategies\, such as teaching 
 to interests and mentoring in their area of passion. These factors emulate
  the recommendations in contemporary gifted education research that aim to
  promote talent development of people with twice-exceptionalities. In expl
 oring experienced scientists’ narratives we may learn more about how the
 y used their strengths to overcome adversity and nurture their potential s
 cientific prowess. Illuminating these strengths\, in relation to specific 
 weaknesses may\, in turn\, help us to understand how a focus on strengths 
 can help support the expertise trajectory of future young scientists’\, 
 similarly to eminent scientists.\nDr Susen Smith is Senior Lecturer in Gif
 ted and Special Education and GERRIC Senior Research Fellow at UNSW\, Aust
 ralia.
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/99978/scientists-with-twice-exception
 alities/
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