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MohnJaddenPowers t1_j66ee4t wrote

Reply to comment by JudyLyonz in Study Logs Five-Fold Increase in Autism in New York-New Jersey Region by dirdum

It makes you wonder how many kids on the spectrum were simply not mainstreamed and received help and services, or just shipped off to institutions.

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theonetruefishboy t1_j66sza0 wrote

Or, more often, were just labeled as problem children.

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JudyLyonz t1_j6eeycu wrote

This. As I understand, most kids who are picked up are on the higher end of the spectrum. These are the kids who, when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s, were labeled as being problem kids in one was or another: tantrum throwers, behavioral problems, underperformers, overly sensitive, or just plain weird.

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