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What Non-Clinicians Know About Giftedness That We Don’t

Writer: Erin McCarthy Shaw
Erin McCarthy Shaw
Sep 13
1 min read

Published by SENG, August 15, 2026


An exploration of what clinicians can learn from the ways giftedness has been recognized and understood outside traditional clinical frameworks—and why intensity, engagement, and internally driven patterns of thought can matter as much as conventional markers.


 
 
 

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© 2026 by Erin McCarthy Shaw, Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry, PLLC (Operating as Erin McCarthy Shaw, Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry, LLC in New Mexico). All rights reserved.

 

Erin McCarthy Shaw provides individualized ADHD, autism, giftedness, and twice-exceptionality (2e) assessments for adults.

 

Assessments are designed to support IEPs, 504 Plans, and workplace accommodations.

 

At this time, all assessments are conducted remotely and are available to adults in New Mexico, New York, Connecticut, and Vermont.

 

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