2022
DOI: 10.1111/1471-3802.12564
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Twice exceptionality in neoliberal education cultures: Implications for special educational needs co‐ordinators

Abstract: ‘Twice exceptionality’ describes the coexistence of a learning difficulty or disability (SEN/D) and exceptional performance in one area of learning. A popular discourse around autism and savantism in the United States promotes a hierarchical differentiation of the ‘twice exceptional’ based on measured intelligence and commodifies support for this group. Such support is designed to appeal to a neoliberal ethos of seeking competitive advantage in a marketised system. Alternatively, special educational needs co‐o… Show more

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