When your child got first diagnosed, were you in shock, scared, maybe even cried? At the same time when you heard the diagnosis, what was your child doing. Probably behaving the same way that he/she always does. You see it doesn't matter if your child has a label or not -- they are still the same child that you've loved with all of your heart even before the day he/she was born.
Your child doesn't understand that they have a problem, as I have noticed with my own children and all of their ups and downs, they truley believe that they are like other kids. And you know what, I make them feel like they are like other kids. So as a parent you need to come to a point, sooner rather than later, that you need to acknowledge your child's disorder/dysfunction. So many people ( and I can count on more than two hands during our experience) how many parents don't acknowledge thier child's disorder and because of that they wait till they child is 5 or 6 years old for someone else to acknowledge their child's problems. It is very sad. The other part of acknowledgeing is accepting. This is a bit more difficult. As much as you didn't ask for a child with a disability, your child didn't ask to born this way. Don't turn your back, because you feel guilty or you ask yourself "why did I get a child with problems" Turn it around and say "how can I improve my child's life to make it better for him/her and for our family so that we can live life as normal as we can and so that I can help my child on his/her journey to living life as independently as they possibly can. Educate, educate, educate!!! start knowing your child like the back of your hand- socially, behaviorlly, emotionally, educationally so that you can fix problems faster when they arise and so that you can be the best advocate for your child throughout his/her life.