Posted by baseball55 on September 1, 2016, at 18:57:11
In reply to Re: vaccinations and autism, posted by linkadge on August 31, 2016, at 21:34:57
But over the last several decades, kids with behavioral issues have been "mainstreamed" in the public school system. Years ago, children with mental disabilities weren't in the school system. They were warehoused in state institutions for the insane or "mentally retarded." There were no laws requiring school districts to provide public education for the disabled.
When I was kid, dyslexic kids were just stupid. ADHD kids were discipline problems. Aspergers kids were just weirdos.
I was at a dinner party not too long ago and a woman said that the diagnosis of ADHD was just pathologizing natural rambunctiousness to sell drugs. After all, she asked, what did they do to such kids before there was ritalin and adderall? I replied, before that, they used corporal punishment.
Maybe you are not old enough to remember this, but I remember it very well. My first grade teacher made stupid kids wear "dunce caps." Kids who were disobedient were hit with rulers and worse. I recall being hit in second grade for eating a jelly bean that was meant for recess.
Mental illness in kids wasn't on anyone's radar. There were good kids, bad kids, obedient kids, disobedient kids, smart kids, stupid kids and mental retards. And that was about it.> Working in the public education system, many of the my senior educators admit to seeing an increasing rates of behavioral / autistic / sensory issues than had previously existed.
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