Legally required to disclose

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Have you ever been legally required to disclose your diagnosis? If so in what circumstance?

I clicked on NO. Because I can't say that I ever have.

I like your new avatar by the way.

Here in the USA, I think the only thing that can compel you to disclose would be if you request services that require documentation of your condition. Employers can't ask. Government programs may ask, but you aren't required to disclose.

I am the yes, attempting to get help when entering college

It was in my best interest to disclose my various diagnoses when I applied for a disability pension, but I don't think I was legally required to do so.

I don't think that counts as being "legally required" to disclose. You chose to disclose so you could get help for your autism at college. It is simply impossible for someone to receive help for a condition unless their condition is known about.

You were free to say you were not disabled, you'd just have lost out on the related support.

I guess I was.
In 10th grade at the beginning of the school year they gave everyone a form to fill.
The third or fourth part was like this:

Eventual disabilities:
-learning disorder(s)
-ADD/ADHD
-behaviour disorder(s)
-developmental disorder(s)
-other disorder(s)
-none

I didn't know if I could check more than one because I am diagnosed with AS, ADD, ODD and anxiety issues, so I should have chacked the second, third, fourth and fifth option. Since I didn't know if I had to check only one option or all those that applied to me I leaft that part blank.

in which case I would not have been capable of entering the college - I think a catch-22 situation qualifies

If not legally required, it was so I could get services I needed...
at least 4 times over the past seven years.

A police officer or court officer might ask, and it might be an legal offense to lie to them.

A police officer asked me if I am ret*d.

HELL NO! It's nobody's business unless I choose to disclose it. I will often volunteer that I am on the autism spectrum, in order to diffuse situations with law enforcement where they think I'm stoned or something, but I would never allow any record of any official diagnosis be made by any government agency.

Unless you are sworn in as a witness in a courtroom, you aren't committing a crime to decline to answer any question by anyone; police or otherwise. With that said, it would be wise to try to appease any police officer by answering his/her questions, but I'd be vague about it (NOT state it as a fact that I was diagnosed by a doctor that I am on the autism spectrum). I might say "Yes; I think one of my teachers said I was supposed to have some kind of mild autism thing when I was in school, but I don't remember what the details were", or something like that. It's never a good idea to annoy a police officer, of course .

Charles