Exceptionality and the Exceptional People

Exceptionality and the Exceptional People

People have different characteristics, needs, desires, lifestyles,
and challenges. However, there are people who, from one
reason or another, are described or categorized by the society
as exceptional.
What do the words "gifted," "disabled," "challenged," or
"different" mean to you? How does society influence your
knowledge and attitudes toward people with such labels and
differences?
Exceptionality
•a quality or a characteristic of a person that makes him or her
different from an established norm in a society
•various physical and mental interference or problems that
affect a person and which makes it difficult for him or her to
function properly in society

Exceptional People
•differ from societal and community standards of normalcy
•have learning or behavioral problems and physical and
sensory disabilities
•are intellectually gifted
The characteristics that make a person exceptional may have
been acquired from birth, through a medical condition, or
through an accident.
Exceptional People: Challenges and Problems
Exceptional people, the disabled, or the intellectually gifted,
encounter challenges and issues in dealing with other members of
the society.
Here are some common problems and challenges that exceptional
people experience.

Overcoming Challenges and Problems

In the Philippines, despite the passage of Republic Act 7277 or
the Magna Carta for People with Disabilities (PWDs) in
1991, there are still significant barriers that keep exceptional
people from fully participating in societyincluding the stigma
surrounding disability and society’s poor understanding of the
abilities and aspirations of exceptional people. However, the
government, private sectors, media, and some concerned groups
have been working together to solve these existing problems.
 QUIZ- Exceptionality and the
Exceptional People
1. Who categorizes people based on their characteristics,
needs, desires, lifestyles, and challenges?
a. society
b. social status
c. religion
d. self
2. What do you call the characteristic or quality of a person
that makes him or her different from established norms in
society?
e. talent
f. disability
g. exceptionality
h. giftedness
3. Who among the following students has shown exceptional
abilities?
i. Rica is studying in a regular public school.
j. Kyle was accelerated three grade levels up.
k. Toni stopped her studies for a year because she got sick.
l. Ryan is an honor student at a private school.
4. Your family is going to the mall. You noticed your father
parking in the space reserved for PWDs despite the fact that
nobody in your family is considered exceptional.
What would you do?
m. Talk to your father and say that there is a PWD in the next
car.
n. Do nothing. There are a lot of vacant parking spaces.
o. Talk to your father and explain the rights of PWDs.
p. Scold your father and say that he is violating the law.
5. Why does the government give PWDs special privileges?
q. because they are poor
r. because they are pitiful
s. to give them equal opportunities in society
t. to give them special attention