JonesJanice Yes, I was trying to be funny (to myself) by referring to a "favourite problem".  Just as "gifted" was a favourite desire for some parents to have their child identified as gifted it can seem like ADD can become over diagnosed or some other thing that raises the numbers of children with these learning disabilities.  For many children diagnosed with any deviance to the norm Learning Disabilities etc. is not a desired diagnosis.  Even "gifted" may not be a gift but a life long challenge.   I disagree with the author and is slur at the education system for not using "his" favoured term ( as the founder of an organization for Dislexia).  I know several artists from the 60's who say that they are dyslexic s. They have not been retested by more detailed testing.  I also know some ADD adults who were never diagnosed until 50 years old.    I realize that there are organizations trying to help learning challenge adults as well as children.  If your organizations can help them  great