1. I don’t have a problem with this legislatively, but this is another example of judges legislating from the bench.
2. TRULY autistic kids need the help if they are going to be productive later on in life. I don’t have an issue helping foot the bill for that miniscule population as a safety net (if passed on a legislative level). On the other hand, they now have autistic “spectrum” where they can pretty much label anyone as autistic that displays any signs of social akwardness. Look for the leeches to use this to get free daycare.
I agree and I'm glad you brought up the "Autistic Spectrum" because it has become a catch-all and swelled the numbers of children they've "identified."
A recent study in Canada was done on ADHD:
ADHD diagnosed in December children more often, UBC study finds "December babies are significantly more likely than their classmates to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a new study of nearly a million B.C. children has found.
The results suggest that some children are being put on drugs for ADHD merely because they are not as mature as older children in their class.
Published this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, the study found that girls born in December were 70 per cent more likely to have an ADHD diagnosis than girls born in January, while boys born in December were 30 per cent more likely to have a diagnosis of ADHD than boys born in January.
Similarly, girls were 77 per cent more likely and boys were 41 per cent more likely to be given a prescription for a medication to treat ADHD if they were born in December than if were born in January.".......
You nailed it perfectly, wolfman. Truly autistic children face considerable challenges, and I would not be opposed to legislation seeking to aid them or in helping to pay for said service for those who families who *genuinely* could not pay for it themselves.
Like you, however, I’m skeptical of what the practical application of this ruling could mean. We’re seeing the law of unintended consequences in so many things already. And I’m always uncomfortable with judgments from the bench that seem to be driven more by politics than by interpreting the law.