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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP: If you think that ADHD kids and ASD kids need separate supports, then you don't know much about ASD and ADHD. Many ASD kids don't need additional support for ASD diagnosis, but they do for the ADHD component, because executive functioning is there primary challenge. Indeed, [b]ASD is a spectrum disorder, which means that many ASD kids don't need any support in the classroom environment. 
[/b] that’s not what that means, often they need more support but again it is so individualistic.

In any event, even if you are correct, why would you make that statement in a room of middle school and high school kids? There are more sensitive ways of handling it.[/quote]

I’ve worked with SN kids more than half my life and am ND myself. I get it. I think you have to look at an individual to determine a best fit, not a diagnosis. I probably wouldn’t have worded it that way but don’t think providing this information at an informational meeting is a big deal. Personally I’d check back with the school and see if it would be a good fit, every child is different, diagnosis is just a label.[/quote]

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