Any child can engage in behavior that is undesirable or inappropriate.
When a child or adolescent has been diagnosed as having a neurobehavioral condition, however, parents and teachers may find themselves falling into the morass of trying to determine whether what they're seeing is voluntary behavior or a symptom of the child's condition and whether to or how to attempt to modify it. The child's and parents' rights in the event of disciplinary problems are covered in the Advocacy section of this site. In my opinion, it does, but it may be hard for parents to let go of the medical model, so let's deal with the reason that parents may get too vested in the medical model. Relief to have a name and an explanation for why the child is acting the way they do and relief that their misbehavior isn't a reflection on their parenting skills, fear for their child's future, and grief over the loss of the perfect child. The need for protectiveness is obvious to anyone who's parented such children, as they are often ridiculed for their symptoms, or asked to suppress symptoms that may currently be impossible for them to suppress.