Que conselhos você daria a uma pessoa que acaba de ser dignosticada com Síndrome de Klinefelter?

Veja alguns conselhos de pessoas com experiência em Síndrome de Klinefelter para as pessoas que acabam de ser diagnosticadas com Síndrome de Klinefelter

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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.

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