Of course people should not be reduced to their labels. But that goes for all of them, the subtle ones as well.. you are never just a child, or just a father or just a teacher. But there are times in your life when one of those really takes over, that is just life. And I agree, a diagnosis IS a description. But of the illness, not the person.

It gets iffy when it goes neuropsych, like Oh we need to see Jimi behind their ADD.... um... no, Jimi doesn't exist without it... sorry.