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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have not told day/sleepaway camps that my ES kids are special needs for the last few years, and they are fine. They are high functioning and they don't need to take medication, so [b]it seems like the camp are not aware of it[/b] (no phone calls to report issues). They do a few different camps every summer. They have ASD, ADHD and etc.. Do I technically violate the law that I don't check the boxes that they are special needs or they have ASD & ADHD diagnosis?  I don't want to go through the troubles to fill them out the part of SN because some camps request for interview or phone discussion before I can successfully enroll them. I am worried that they get rejected to join their camp, and I know my kids well enough. If they need accomondation one day, I would fill out those parts. [/quote]

You think people can't tell a kid is autistic/adhd? Come on. [/quote]

You 100% can.  My college age DS is a counselor at a camp, and came home complaining to me about this issue.  He basically just said it would be nice if they were told that some kids were going to struggle with certain issues and that it is obvious to him which of "his" kids have ASD or ADHD.  It's a STEM camp for kids.

Tell them.  They will assign an extra counselor, or let the counselor know what to watch for, how to help, etc.  The way OP is doing it means the counselor has to come home and try to figure out what's best by talking to his parents.  Not ideal.[/quote]

This is BS. With due respect to your son, he is not qualified to render any such diagnoses. [/quote]

You're ridiculous.  He's not diagnosing anybody, but it's often obvious when someone is ND.  I doubt he's going home and saying "Charlie has Autism Spectrum Disorder Level 1 with concomitant Anxiety and Inattentive ADHD".  [/quote]

My kid's Kindergarten teacher who has 30 years of experience openly told us she would not have guessed kid has ASD. She doesn't dispute the diagnosis at all and sees the signs since we brought the diagnosis to her attention. She is a fantastic teacher, and she is not qualified to identify kids with ASD (nor does she pretend to be).[/quote]

so what does this prove? that some people are more perceptive about disabilities than others. not surprising. [/quote]

It means that high school and college kids, or their parents, are not the diagnosticians that they think they are.[/quote]

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