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[quote=Anonymous]I am pretty confused by the OP. If a child has ADHD, then there is definitely benefit to having an official testing and diagnosis done, even if a child doesn't need special accommodations for it, or doesn't' need it yet. There is no benefit to having ADHD, at least not for my DD that we could say, "it is great she has ADHD!!" But, her having it and having it on record helps with the school, with her own ways to manage, with medication. I think it was a very good thing that her psychiatrist insisted she gets fully tested and then prescribed medication, as opposed to what I have heard just prescribing medication without the proper testing. I quite frankly don't care if it is stigmatizing, I don't have that luxury. It is not like she and me, her parent, went looking for a fake diagnosis. I think that the way your post reads is, "We'll claim she has ADHD if she can benefit from it." It rubs me wrong as a parent of a child who is struggling with severe ADHD.[/quote]
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