Reply #83: Yes, this is precisely why we can't get the same diagnosis from

[Mr_Spock]

two different professionals. Because of people like you who are stigmatized by labels and other people you describe that want a label to get some sort of sympathy or money or quota, the process of getting help for one child on the verge of being kicked out of school is a friggin' joke! Thank God I can relate to her thinking process and force people (even including her mother) to take her social ignorance seriously. It's amazing some of the bizarre behaviors people will overlook so as not to "stigmatize" a child. Then the kid gets ostracized and beat up and kicked out of "mainstream" schools. There is no simple solution to diagnosis, but paranoia about "labels" is the worst possible thing anybody can do. This should be considered an issue of people who are mostly normal but may need special help, but due to "normal" parents who are so freaked out about "labels", this is a VERY difficult thing to accomplish. I hate this aspect of this particular topic.