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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is precisely due to the tone of the answers here that I have stopped contributing to this board.  People like to say how supportive the Special Needs Forum is, but in this last year, it had taken a harder and harsher tone.  It has become very clear that [b]unless your kid has ASD,[/b] there is no room for you here.  You might luck out if you ask a simple question about providers or are just seeking initial feedback, so people might be nice to you.

I have a nephew with fairly severe ASD.  But I also have a kid who is [b]GTLD[/b] and frankly I no longer feel welcome here.  This is not a place for me to discuss my concerns and worries because there is a group of people on here who will dismiss those thoughts because my child is not as severely affected by his learning disabilities as their child.  I can't possibly understand how bad things can be. Isn't he (we) lucky?  Please tell me that when he tells me again that he wants to kill himself, because no one gets him.

The snark here is almost - not quite - but almost as bad as the rest of these boards.

OP:  Not in NoVA, but Rich Weinfeld and Dietzel and Butler, both in Maryland do very good and thorough neuropsych testing.

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First of all, there are plenty of parents who come here whose kids are GTLD. That is not OP -- OP's child has no LD. OP has a bright child who is doing well in school. She wants to quantify his brightness. There is no SN there. None.

And as the parent of a child with an ASD (who also happens to be gifted) I think you are absolutely wrong about that. I have seen very supportive comments to posts about medical issues, mood disorders, behavior problems, other developmental disorders, I could go on. In fact, the nastiest posts seem to be directed at those of us who have children with ASDs, questioning the diagnosis, berating us if our child has behavior problems.
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Parents of medicated ADHD children get more than their share of flack too. [/quote]

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