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For someone greater than 21 years of age, I would tell them that they are not as stupid as their teachers said they were. When I was in high school my teachers made it a point to tell me I was lazy and would be a "ditch digger" for life. And the High school guidance counselor insured I couldn't go to college when I graduated High School by keeping me out of college prep courses and not allow me to take the SAT/ACT exam. If I was talking with Moms whose child had been diagnosed or a pregnant woman I would advise talking with a Speech therapist as they are the
Medical specialty which can help the most. The age of the individual diagnosed is the biggest deciding factor in what is told. I would tell them "my story" of my life with Klinefelter Syndrome. If diagnosed early enough in life I might have gotten past the learning problems. I say 'might' as I was in school from 1960-72 before there were any laws forcing school to teach those they deemed unteachable. There was so much ignorance of what Klinefelter syndrome was and meant that I might of ended up in a Mental Institution for the safety from myself. From research I have done it (KS) was seen as an indicator of someone maladjusted to life in society, an indicator of a future criminal or malcontent . So maybe it was best that I didn't know. Maybe my parent's wouldn't have kicked me out of the house at 18 yo and told me to make it on my own. I was just lucky that Nixon ended the draft before I turned 18 or I would have ended up as 'cannon fodder' in the Vietnam war.