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[quote=Anonymous]Nobody here has made the case against getting proper diagnoses for children who really do have a disability. But the case must be made, that especially ADHD is being extremely over-diagnosed and over-medicated these days. Diagnosing a toddler with ADHD is just not possible folks. Seriously. All symptoms for ADHD can occur naturally in completely healthy developing toddlers. If symptoms persist over a certain age, sure maybe a diagnosis is necessary in order to get treatment. But the case was being made against parents of very young children who take their kids to get diagnosed too early and then possibly put them under meds before their 3rd birthday. Don't get defensive because you misinterpret things being said, please.

And stop making assumptions about posters as well...you don't know if they have a SN child themselves, if they speak from experiences, if they have SN children in their friends and family circle, if they work with SN kids and see how many are being brought with false diagnoses, if they are parents of a child that got diagnosed and then it turned out to be false...who knows![/quote]

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