• 93maddie94@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    I’ve known several kids in upper elementary school who have a diagnosis but their parents won’t tell them or get them school accommodations or services. It’s just setting them up for failure.

    • I was tested for something or things in 3rd grade. My mom never told me what the diagnosis was. I was diagnosed at age 41 and my mom was dead so I never got to ask her.

      She was afraid of how it would make her look, I imagine, because her rep was all she was concerned with.

      • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org
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        19 hours ago

        Similar, but my mom didn’t even want to get me tested because even the hint of something different would make her look bad.