Is The Diagnosis Helping Your Child Or Holding Them Back?

**Is the Diagnosis Helping Your Child—or Holding Them Back?** A diagnosis can open doors. But can it also put a ceiling on what we believe a child can do? In this episode, I’m questioning something we rarely challenge: our reliance on diagnosis codes and labels. What happens when a label starts shaping our expectations, our treatment decisions, and even how children see themselves? As a feeding therapist, I’m sharing why I think labels can do more harm than good—and why understanding a child requires much more than naming their challenges. This conversation might make you uncomfortable. It might also change the way you hear, “Your child has…”