Yes, it refers to adults as well. In the context of my thinking while I wrote that post, children was who I was thinking about. Years ago I tried to persuade a school board to implement a program to 'help' Gifted and Talented children. The start-up funds for it required about $3,000 for the whole district. They refused because they couldn't find the bucks in their budget. They sit today with no program in place, despite that the law requires them to educate all children.