The author makes some very good points
http://mosaicofminds.blogspot.com/2012/08/what-gifted-education-field-needs-to.html
Another misconception is that when the same behavior occurs in gifted people and people with disabilities, it must occur for different reasons. These writers seem to understand the reasons for gifted children's problem behavior rather well, but many researchers and most people with the disability in question would dispute their characterization of disabled people's reasoning.