I'm so glad you posted this as I needed to see a story like this to understand I'm not the only one dealing with people not understanding my DS. Yesterday I walked away from my DS6's classroom very frustrated with his teacher (I was a helper in the class for the morning). He has been diagnosed with a DCD by a neuro-psych who she greatly respects, but she basically admitted to me that she thinks he has ADHD even though the neuro-psych said he doesn't. I think she doesn't understand DCD and how it can look very similar to ADHD.
Does anyone have a good, simple article that explains DCD and how it can look at school to help her understand it? I think she is trying to put my DS in a box that she understands (ADHD), and it isn't the right place for him. The help and accommodations he needs are different from ADHD. I know the teachers talk from year to year, and I don't want her telling the teacher he will have next year that he has ADHD when he doesn't.
