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I understand how you feel, in that someone “should” have caught on earlier. Frustrated, angry, disappointed … the list goes on. On the positive side, you now possess the information you need to move forward and discover how you can make it work FOR you instead of working against you. I am positive that great things are in store for you!

Larynxa is absolutely right – the inattentive subtype is often overlooked because these are the kids who quietly sit in class, falling further and further behind. They are not presenting behaviour problems in the class, and are therefore not the nails that stick up in the bunch, so they simply appear to be ” not living up to their potential”. Our son is in the minority, since most inattentive types are female, so when we first requested an evaluation through the school, our concerns were dismissed. Granted, at that time, we were unaware of the inattentive subtype; we just knew that SOMETHING was going on with this kid and wanted to know what it was.

Reality is that some teachers(and doctors, for that matter) are better than others at helping to identifying this,and/or working with you once the diagnosis has been made. Unfortunately, the “system” is not set up to easily identify those who are at risk of falling through the cracks in this way; despite several requests through different teachers and school administrators (some great, and others not-so-great), it still took several years of advocating on his behalf before we finally got the whole picture. Even when the ADD was first identified, the response we seemed to get was to get him to a paediatrician for a prescription and everything would be OK … if only it were that simple! (See http://totallyadd.com/forum/topic.php?id=140)

Now that we have the information, we are able to develop strategies on how we can best deal with it, for ourselves, and for our son. Luckily for us, we are able to do this as he is entering high school, but I can’t help wondering what the last few years could have been like if we had been able to get our answers earlier.

Looking forward to hearing how it’s working out for you!

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