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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]if your child had the gene for breadth cancer or a rare disease, must you disclose it?  What if he needed surgery as a toddler to fix a birth defect?  Schools have a right to know things likely to impact the student's performance, attentiveness, treatment of other students and teachers, but not one's entire medical history.  A diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder is a medical diagnosis.  Now, if the child had an IEP in public school and that reflects the diagnosis at the time you apply to school, that is tougher issue.  But even then - what if the parents disagreed with a school's diagnosis?  What if two doctors disagrees?  It gets complocated. [/quote]

Having ASD has educational impact:  This is why it is one of the categories in IDEA under which a child can get an IEP.

Private schools ask about IEPs and 504 and therapies/medical issues that maybe relevant to a child's education and even if they did not, they ask for school records and teacher recommendations to try to get a picture of the "whole child".  So it is very doubtful that you'll be able to keep an ASD diagnosis or similar issues a secret if your child is applying for middle/high school.  Private schools know some parents try to do this and watch out for it.  Sorry if this is not what you want to hear.[/quote]

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