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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC was diagnosed with ADHD in college and received accommodation. Not surprising, since it runs in the family. Prior to diagnosis, National Merit Finalist and 1,580 SAT, obviously without accommodation. Full merit tuition ride at a T-20. All A in HS and still all A in college. I understand OP's skepticism, but perhaps should keep an open mind since every kid is different.[/quote]
DC got that far without it: why is the accommodation necessary now? [/quote]

Some of my favorite alternate version of this include:
Your child had cancer but hadn’t died before the cancer was diagnosed, why treat it now?

Your kid failed the driving vision test? They’ve never needed glasses before, why get them now? They could just ride the bus everywhere instead.[/quote]

These are flawed analogies. True ADHD is always there; it doesn’t suddenly pop up at 18. Yes, ADHD can go undiagnosed, but real, untreated ADHD leaves a trail of sorrow in its wake.

The idea that a kid comes from an ADHD family, yet their ADHD went unnoticed is highly improbable because both parents and doctors would be alert to it. [/quote]

Let's just say maybe.

My kid comes from and ADHD family and has ADHD. My kid also cruised through grade school and HS because her parent has a 150+ IQ which she inherited and frankly none of this school stuff is very challenging for us.

This allowed us to ignore the obvious because, the kid was doing fine in school even if there were occasional issues that they needed to be coached through. Ignoring it also made home life easier because on parent comes from a culture where these things are challenging.

Thankfully at college when the kid finally struggled a bit they were smart enough to spend some time talking to the parent with ADHD and then.....counselor, psychologist, psychiatrist later, it was confirmed what the parent always knew which is that the child has ADHD. Kid is in a great spot, tippy top school doing well and loves it but looking back we realize that ignoring the obvious because they were still successful had a negative impact and made some things harder than they needed to be. [/quote]

PP. Thank you for your post. This is exactly my DC's experience. [/quote]

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