It's not a change in diagnosis standards. Having lived decades ago, I can say there are many, many times more impaired or chronically ill kids than when I was a kid. We had ONE special needs kid in my entire high school, who would now be considered "high functioning". And they weren't all hidden away.
It's not a change in diagnosis standards. Having lived decades ago, I can say there are many, many times more impaired or chronically ill kids than when I was a kid. We had ONE special needs kid in my entire high school, who would now be considered "high functioning". And they weren't all hidden away.
And they didn't have to keep peanuts out of the lunch rooms because the immune systems of kids weren't so overstimulated and misfiring all over the place to such a great degree.
It's not a change in diagnosis standards. Having lived decades ago, I can say there are many, many times more impaired or chronically ill kids than when I was a kid. We had ONE special needs kid in my entire high school, who would now be considered "high functioning". And they weren't all hidden away.
And they didn't have to keep peanuts out of the lunch rooms because the immune systems of kids weren't so overstimulated and misfiring all over the place to such a great degree.
Amen to this!
I require crisp and understandable info, and do not have sufficient time on my hands to dig (shrugs).