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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you need a specific diagnosis, OP? You are treating the symptoms, and that's what matters. There's no need for a label, which may limit your child.

My child had "issues" but no diagnosis because I did not want one. I didn't see the point. She changed constantly, and I thought a diagnosis would force her teachers to see her a certain way and think that she couldn't do things, when she could do them with a little support.

My DD is now in college and doing extremely well. She still has some issues with organization, but she's improving.[b] Had I labelled her, she may not have come as far as she has.[/b]

I'm not suggesting that you do nothing, OP. But I don't think you need to put your child through a big long expensive evaluation only to find that there's no "label" you can paste on your child in the end. That "label" may last only a few years anyway. Why do you need it?

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Why do you think that? Because the services would have negatively affected her? Or because of the stigma?

It sounds like your daughter had been doing well, but many kids don't without appropriate therapies and supports. I'm happy my kid has a label that helps him get school services and the right therapies.[/quote]

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