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[quote=Anonymous]My son was diagnosed with ADHD at 8, he has been on meds.
To make a long story short, he always had HFA traits. I did try to get a diagnosis on several occasions over his life. He was only diagnosed with ADHD.
He never required any school accommodations, he graduated high school recently.

He has poor eye contact. He did have friends in school but never hung around them at home. He did want friends but he just wasn't popular and did not fit in.
In high school, teachers said he did fine socially. He did see a child psychologist to deal with some issues. This psychologist did a psych ed asst. recently, he told me ds has HFA.

Ds took years to get comfortable with being diagnosed with ADHD. It really upset him that he was different. Took him a long time to deal with this.
SO, NOW this psychologist says we should tell ds about the diagnosis. I know it would crush him. He is headed to college soon. 
At this point, he is almost 18. What benefit would there be to knowing? None as far as I can see.

This psychologist said it will better help him understand himself. So, this psychologist thinks we should just drop this on ds and ship him off to college.
I disagree.
Any thoughts?
I know for some people they are relieved to get a diagnosis. my son has previously told my DH that having an autism diagnosis would bother him.
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