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Old 10-23-2005, 11:42 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by fredweena
amazingly enough, the few kids with that disorder that I've had the privilege of working with had really high IQs.
A french psychologist, Boris Cyrulnik, has made some thorough research on the subject of kids that go through hardships being smarter than others and overall, leading a better life. He called this "resilience".

Basically, they want to prove to themselves that they are as good as the rest, ending up in generally becoming smarter than the rest...
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