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I'd say you treat the symptoms, but stop trying to claim they have Asperger's. [/quote]

You will not get an IEP or supports and services at school with only "symptoms" and unless you have a diagnosis, no insurance will pay for any of it or give even a partial reimbursement.  "Treating the symptoms" can be very expensive.

So if you want to avoid an Asperger's diagnosis then pay $$$$, the price you pay for "avoiding the stigma" - and it's almost always about avoiding the "label". [b] "Gifted" is so much more acceptable than Asperger's/ASD...
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Also, think about what you'll tell your child when they get older and realize that they could have gotten support, services and help at school but you chose to ignore and deny they had problems and let them flounder.  My cousin had to answer that for her 16 yr old recently and it wasn't pretty.

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Giftedness is certainly not interchangeable with Asperger's. A parent would really want to figure that out for the sake of his/her child's future. 
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