Yes, you're right. But it's not just the media that doesn't understand the difference in developmental disabilities and speech difficulties, it's the general public that doesn't understand. For those of us who are personally involved with a child with learning disabilities, we begin to understand the complexities and the differe
My older daughter was/is ADD, and our health insurance gave her the tag "mentally nervous."
Labels harm our children's psche more than we may know.
Two of my grandchildren have learning disabilities. Their mother (who never should have) homeschooled them and it was a disaster. Now they're really struggling.
Do you use diet restrictions with your ADD child? That often helps where medication doesn't. Maryxxx