In Different Minds, she examines giftedness, what it is and how it's manifested in those with Asperger's syndrome, AD/HD and other learning deficits. Through numerous case studies, Lovecky illustrates how many exceptionally gifted young people find communication and interaction with the world and its inhabitants difficult.
The ways in which young, gifted people with learning deficits interpret the world and its inhabitants often leads to feelings of isolation. They seek acceptance and understanding, but find it difficult to manage friendships.
Children with Asperger's syndrome share a desire for knowledge and a means to share that knowledge, explains Lovecky, but find it difficult to function in social situations or understand the nuances of social interaction. Tone of voice, body language, use of metaphor, facial expression and implicitly understood social rules, may all be beyond them. Young people with Asperger's syndrome need "specific instruction in all aspects of social learning", as it doesn't happen naturally with them.
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