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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if the OP would be so reluctant and "private" if her child was suffering from a seizure disorder, Type 1 diabetes, etc.  and was on medication for it.  I somehow doubt it.  Her reluctance comes from her DC's ADHD diagnosis[/quote]

PP again.  (The teacher who doesn't think OP is "difficult," LOL)  This analogy is a specious one.  Both of these diseases could very easily result in a classroom or school-based life-threatening emergency.  While yes, technically it is theoretically possible for there to be a medication-related life-threatening emergency with ADHD medication, the odds of that are so unlikely as to, in my mind, not be a main factor in the decision.  One factor, yes, but not a default reason to disclose.  It's also theoretically possible for there to be a medication-related life-threatening emergency from Tylenol, for example, or acne medication, or a cough drop--well, you get the point.  (As a teacher, I hope the harsh PPs aren't the type of parents to tell me anxiously every time their child has a cough drop--now, THAT would be a difficult parent. :) )  Moreover, adults certainly don't disclose their medicine-taking to co-workers or superiors, even though they spend as much time in an office as a child does in a classroom, and presumably in a true emergency the adult would need to rely on co-workers the same way a child would on a teacher.  No one is saying that the OP absolutely should not tell the teacher, but to carefully consider the decision and possibly decide against it for good reasons, rather than to just assume one should/must, is simply not the egregious action that some make it out to be.  [/quote]

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