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[quote=Anonymous]I could have written your post.  My oldest is in high school now and, for me, it was hardest to know what to say to whom in the earlier elementary years.  For us, the differences were more apparent in those years.  I got the same reactions as you did.  In hindsight, I wouldn't change who I told or how I talked about it.  You never know how someone will react/manage to the information but I've been pleased with the number of people who were positive and kept an eye DS - facilitating an interaction, redirecting, being kind, etc. That SAHM who was always volunteering at the school and whose eyebrows went into her hair when I told her?  She was always a drama queen who looked down on every kid that wasn't as precocious as her kid, and the kids that were more precocious were seen as competition.  Whatever.

We were always forthcoming with teachers, even in high school.  My DS has an IEP.  In elementary school, at the start of each year, I'd write a letter to his teachers introducing myself and leting them know more about DS, especially the positive things and things that help him get back on track.  In middle and high school, we  had a meeting with all his teachers that allowed DS to meet them all.  In middle school, he refused to say anything and I did all the talking .  In high school, he was more willing to talk about himself at thos meetings and to speak up when he was having difficulties in class.  By this time, his differences were less obvious.  His development is slower and he's more quirky but it's less apparent.  HTH.[/quote]

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