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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC was diagnosed with ADHD in college and received accommodation. Not surprising, since it runs in the family. Prior to diagnosis, National Merit Finalist and 1,580 SAT, obviously without accommodation. Full merit tuition ride at a T-20. All A in HS and still all A in college. I understand OP's skepticism, but perhaps should keep an open mind since every kid is different.[/quote]
DC got that far without it: why is the accommodation necessary now? [/quote]

Some of my favorite alternate version of this include:
Your child had cancer but hadn’t died before the cancer was diagnosed, why treat it now?

Your kid failed the driving vision test? They’ve never needed glasses before, why get them now? They could just ride the bus everywhere instead.[/quote]

These are flawed analogies. True ADHD is always there; it doesn’t suddenly pop up at 18. Yes, ADHD can go undiagnosed, but real, untreated ADHD leaves a trail of sorrow in its wake.

The idea that a kid comes from an ADHD family, yet their ADHD went unnoticed is highly improbable because both parents and doctors would be alert to it. [/quote]

+1. If you have never seen actual “high functioning” ADHD consider yourself lucky. It means always being on the edge of failure and sometimes going over with catastrophic impacts. Success means getting into a niche where the intelligence is valued by employers such that they overlook the very real deficits. Not everyone gets there.

The person I know like this flunked college twice, washed out as a professor because they couldn’t produce, fired more than once, criminal record due to carelessness, multiple failed relationships due to inability to handle day to day life. [/quote]

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