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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS has ADHD and anxiety.  We tend to be more open about the ADHD DX but don't routinely share with everyone.  We are very open with teachers on this and increasingly so in other settings - at least in the case of ADHD, it's very common and we've learned of several other kids with the same issues and this opens up a lot of mutual support.  I understand the desire for privacy and appreciate some of the benefits, but I also think that being "private" also can be very stigmatizing.[/quote]

Our oldest DS also has ADHD and anxiety and we do what you do.  I don't know if our approach is what we should be doing but my DH wasn't diagnosed with ADHD until after our oldest was and he felt a lot of relief knowing that he wasn't just stupid or had character flaws.  He has an actual disorder.  It's kind of weird in a way but he no longer feels something's wrong with him, he just has ADHD.  That's what I want our DS to feel like - there's nothing wrong with him, he just has ADHD.  That's why we're pretty up front about it because we don't want it to be this shameful, secret thing.  If he had one leg longer than the other, we wouldn't be so secretive about it.  Is ADHD really that different?  (That isn't a rhetorical question, it's genuine.  Why is there such stigma about ADHD but there's not about having one leg longer than the other?)[/quote]

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