A pessoa com altas habilidades/superdotação: seus caminhos e descaminhos

Abstract

This work deals primarily with the historical events linked to the treatment aimed at people with disabilities, as well as people with high abilities/giftedness at different moments in history, from the time considered primitive, passing through the Middle Ages, reaching modernity and the current days. Historical evolution reveals treatments ranging from the elimination of subject, passing through abandonment, charity, welfarism and finally the inclusion. I also address in this work how the education of these children took place or not. people in these different contexts. I report here the many and different myths, researched by different authors, which make it difficult to know and conduct of people with high abilities/giftedness to their educational rights, I mention some of the laws that support and legalize these rights so hard achieved by the actors of special education. are also addressed conceptions about what high abilities/giftedness are, what does this mean? implies and what are the consequences of these individuals with high intellectual potential not be adequately attended to according to their needs and interests.