Twice exceptionality: is it possible to identify giftedness in adults with visual impairment?

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Josana Carla Gomes da
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Rangni, Rosemeire de Araújo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Educação Especial (UFSM)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/educacaoespecial/article/view/66351
• topic: Altas Habilidades ou superdotação; Deficiência visual; Dupla excepcionalidade; Giftedness; Visual impairment; Twice exceptionality; Altas capacidades; Discapacidad visual; Dupla excepcionalidad

The study sought to identify giftedness in adults with visual impairment. The specific objectives were: to verify if the instruments applied: Questionário de Identificação de Indicadores de Altas Habilidades/Superdotação – adultos (QIIAHSD-Adulto) e Questionário de Identificação de Indicadores de Altas Habilidades/Superdotação – Adulto – 2ª fonte (QIIAHSD-Adulto-2ª fonte) are effectives for this public. The research was exploratory and descriptive, divided into: Pilot Study (EP) and Main Study (EPP). The instruments QIIAHSD-Adulto and QIIAHSD-Adulto-2ª Fonte were adapted into an electronic form; and the interview also. Twenty-two people participated, between the ages of 21 and 80 years old. The data indicated one person evaluated with twice exceptionality in the EP and four in the EPP. It was observed that the school and the family have a fundamental role in the development of students with twice excepcionality, and can influence them negatively either, causing traumas on them, or positively, enabling educational, emotional, and affective support, which help them to overcome adverse difficulties such as ableism. The results also showed that women with visual impairment face gender-related situations that make difficulties to identify twice excepcionality. The study considered that the instruments QIIAHSD-Adulto and QIIAHSD-Adulto-2ª fonte are sensitive to the identification of giftedness in the people with visual impairment, and it is suggested that they are readjusted to the specific needs of visual impairment.