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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 182564" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We've had the equivalent of a university clinic assess our kids, as well as various highly qualified and experienced professionals. The clinic was VERY pessimistic about difficult child 3, not quite telling us he was retarded and would never learn. But with difficult child 1 they got it badly wrong because he was able to unwittingly 'defeat' the testing. When I discovered this and rang them to tell them, they didn't seem interested.</p><p></p><p>You should always keep an open mind.</p><p></p><p>We've come to the conclusion that unless you need an accurate label in order to get support, disability payments or similar, then any label is likely to be arbitrary and fairly pointless. What IS important is having something to help you understand and cope with what you're dealing with. If a label helps - great. But if you haven't got a label and you need help - you can still get help, or work out what works for you, without needing a label.</p><p></p><p>"Head banging" can be a kid who is so constant and compulsive that he has to wear a helmet. or it can be a kid who only does it when he's upset, for a few seconds. It's a matter of degree, as well as why/how he does it.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 182564, member: 1991"] We've had the equivalent of a university clinic assess our kids, as well as various highly qualified and experienced professionals. The clinic was VERY pessimistic about difficult child 3, not quite telling us he was retarded and would never learn. But with difficult child 1 they got it badly wrong because he was able to unwittingly 'defeat' the testing. When I discovered this and rang them to tell them, they didn't seem interested. You should always keep an open mind. We've come to the conclusion that unless you need an accurate label in order to get support, disability payments or similar, then any label is likely to be arbitrary and fairly pointless. What IS important is having something to help you understand and cope with what you're dealing with. If a label helps - great. But if you haven't got a label and you need help - you can still get help, or work out what works for you, without needing a label. "Head banging" can be a kid who is so constant and compulsive that he has to wear a helmet. or it can be a kid who only does it when he's upset, for a few seconds. It's a matter of degree, as well as why/how he does it. Marg [/QUOTE]
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