No, share your knowledge publically. You stated that ADD kids can get SSI...I want to know where my kid can get it. You obviously know. Why keep the info private?
Visit your local Social Security office and ask for it.
If you meet the income and resource limits, your child may have also hit the jackpot.
And yes- parents with children labeled ADD have gotten special social security benefits for their "disabled child"...
The real issue is the school districts and many parents and many in the mental health fields are taking gifted kids, geniuses, and telling them they are not normal, they are disabled and then drugging them into submission- so they will sit quietly all day in school and stare off into space.... challenging no one there.
Of course your child may be the small percentage of those with a real issue.
And I am sure you are a great parent- the problem is that many well meaning , fantastic parents have bought a bill of goods from the so called professionals about all of this ADD and ADHD stuff.
I have an *explosive* child (very intense) who is three and a half years old. He taught himself to read and he reads fluently and is quite taken with classical music and anything to do with numbers- he is very high energy - I have had "teachers" out in the community suggest he is ADD because he will run around like the dickens moving from one task to the other rapidly- and no one can speak with him when he is in his *mode*- HE IS THREE YEARS OLD for Heavens sake-and I understand how a great parent, and involved parent can be manipulated by someone who seems to have the answers-espicially when you are weary.
But they do not always have the answers or even know what the heck they are talking about. I always say that just because someone has a PHD or DR. by their name does NOT always mean they know what they are talking about.
Many times they are guessing, well intentioned even BUT they don't even know your child like you do... Had it not been for my experience working with real disabled children and working with children labeled with ADD before I had children- I may be right where you are... I am telling you there are alternatives over my cold, dead body would I allow my child to be labeled ADD or disabled... and or to be drugged to slow him down. I am just sharing my experiences....