I think people on this forum should be aware that highly intelligent children are in danger of being diagnosed with conditions they don't actually have, which can lead to seriously damaging "therapy" and "services".
Our approach has been to avoid any situation that could lead to "diagnosis" in the first place. And steer clear of places like preschools where some people are itching to attach labels to atypical children.
I agree
. I don't want to just ignore the diagnosis just in case it really is autism but if the traditional therapy approach clearly isn't working than that should be a serious red flag for the "professionals", right? The school wanted him in special ed preschool but both my husband and I were absolutely against it. If two sessions a week can cause this much of a disaster, I don't even want to imagine what would happen if he went to preschool 5 days a week! I told the school all this before hand but you know how it is ... I'm just being "that" parent
