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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most parents get their kids tested because they SEE them struggling, not before that happens. It is not a decision made quickly or easily.

Yes, this "advantages" upper SES families. That is a deep flaw in our system, not something awful that those families are doing to get an edge on lower income kids. They have more resources to help their children. No crime there. [/quote]

I think the posters on this thread who have been talking about their child's "real" disability diagnosed in elementary versus those supposedly shady diagnoses made in high school are pretty gross and morally bankrupt. They come across as annoyed that lower-income kids (who are far more likely to be diagnosed later in their lives) are horning in on some privilege they unlocked.

You can't simultaneously support accommodation for your own child while decrying those for kids whose diagnoses were made on a timeline different than your own child's. Either you support accommodation for disability or you don't. [/quote]

Who said anything about lower income kids?  The ones I know who did this are upper class. [/quote]

That's because you hang out with wealthy people, FFS. It is your selection bias  However, in general it is poorer kids who are more likely to get diagnosed later, so what you are really complaining about when you complain about accommodation for high school diagnoses is accommodation for kids less advantaged than your own, and that is gross.[/quote]

Why would you say it is gross if I had no idea I was complaining about that?  Like you said, I hang out with wealthy people and that is who I was complaining about.  You seem uptight.
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Gross and thoughtless, then. [/quote]

Uptight and unhappy then.[/quote]

You are really not doing much to dispel the idea that many parents are just seeking to game the system. Why are you so threatened by the idea that a child other than yours might get an accommodation? If caring about what happens to kids other than my own makes me uptight and unhappy in your eyes, I can deal with that. [/quote]

I am not threatened at all.  My kid has accommodations and got them legitimately as a 2nd grader.  Its the ones who want to get a good score on the SAT who suddenly feel the need to get a diagnosis.  That is clearly gaming the system and just hurting those of us who are playing by the rules.[/quote]

There is also a school of thought that the more suspect diagnoses are those made earlier because they are more likely to be the result of pushy and educated parents. Maybe you could stop trying to make every diagnosis other than your own child's suspect and accept that you aren't the arbitrator of disability.[/quote]

Hello again.  We got our diagnosis at age 7 when teachers expressed concern.  No pushy parent antics here.  In fact the teacher provided accommodations before our official diagnosis as it took time to get the appointment with the psychologist, etc.  And we re-evaluated again in middle school -- same diagnosis.  So no reason for any suspicion with this early diagnosis.  Nice try.

College Board and ACT are the ones who find late diagnoses suspect.  And rightly so.  I don't believe for a second that so many students can suddenly at age 15 discover that they have ADHD.  Yes there are a few instances where it can happen, but not at the level it is occurring.  I do buy the middle school diagnoses, however, because I know that with my DS, middle school became a much bigger challenge with having multiple classes/teachers, so I can see how the symptoms can be more obvious all of a sudden.  And in 6th grade, SAT tests are not on parents' radar as much as in 9th or 10th grade.

Finally, with regard to financially disadvantaged families.  If they are truly disadvantaged, they are likely in a public school.  Public schools will provide testing for kids who truly have issues.  I know if it were my son (who was in a private), he would have gotten the free testing.
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"We" got "our" diagnosis? Ugh. Now I understand more why you think only "your" accommodation should be honored. You paid for private school and are annoyed that those public school kids might get the same accommodations. That is indeed awful, but luckily you don't have any say. Public school children who are disabled will also get accommodation, unfortunately for you.

I have to say, you are taking the cake as far as showing appalling entitlement, so much so that I wonder if you are a troll trying to make parents of kids with disabilities look bad.[/quote]

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