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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
I don't think Mr. Savage (which isn't his real last name btw) is talking about the original defintion of Autism but the redefined definition of Autism that includes ADD, ADHS, and other behaviour disorders. I give him the benefit of the doubt on that one, that he's not talking about children who have a exetremely difficult time communictating with other, he is talking about the children who misbehave and are labeled by doctors as ADD or ADHD - when they're not.
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I guess it's pretty easy to fake autism. You just go the doctor to get refered to about 1000 other doctors who refer you to a learning specialist who you shell over a wad of cash for a diagnosis that might not even be autism.
There's also these people that say school accomodations for kids with learning disabilities give them an unfair advantage somehow...they don't do the work for these kids...they just give a kid that's easily distracted an exam in a room that's less distracting, just to give one example.
...you might be confusing kids with add and adhd with kids who are suspected of having a learning disorder and given drugs. An actual diagnosis for a learning disorder isn't that casual.
...and as far as the black kids having asthma, I'd believe that. In the time he was talking about there was probably far less regulation as far as air quality, housing quality, and zoning was concerned...I'm not that educated on the subject but I'm willing to believe it wasn't just mass hysteria.There was probably some parents that exploited they're kids, but there had to be an actual problem in the first place to make it an easy situation to exploit.