Re: Why was I not diagnosed when I was a child!

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I can understand your anger but I came from a small (two child) family and did not get diagnosed until a couple of years ago. Family size did not matter in my lack of being identified. My anger and resentment was directed at the school system. Why didn’t they notice? They sent me to special Ed for spelling but never mentioned or explored why I was reading stuff beyond what was age appropriate and struggling to spell simple stuff, I still can’t figure a lot grammar and spelling stuff. No one mentioned dyslexia. I asked my mom

and she sever remembered it being mentioned in the course of my school career. Its obvious when you look at my handwriting. My parents knew something was wrong, but I was the quite one, the good little girl who got good grades, nothing wrong with me. Academically everyone was more worried about my brother. The school appointed psychiatrist did not see any problems, of course he was only going off a file and one conversation. Changing schools and even changing school systems did not catch anything was off. Before was identified (I’m trying to change my thinking from diagnosed) I knew that if my brother were to enter the school system today they would ld him as ADHD immediately. I think why I did not get Id was a combination of stuff and lack of knowledge and understanding were the big stuff

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