Originally Posted by Mk13
My first thought too would be that the school staff does not realize that the signs for all the mentioned diagnoses (PDD, Asperger's, Anxiety, ...) could also be big signs for giftedness.

I kind of disagree with this, though. As I've said before, I am not a big fan of definitions of giftedness that paper over behavioral struggles (Dabrowski etc.). Most gifted kids IME do not show serious behavior struggles of this kind; and ignoring the struggles can mean that another exceptionality goes unaddressed, when addressing it can improve quality of life.

All the more reason to get to the bottom of what's going on.

DeeDee